Joshua:22

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* Then Joshua called the Reubenites , and the Gadites , and the half-tribe of Manasseh , * and said to them , Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of LORD commanded you , and have hearkened to my voice in all that I commanded you . * Ye have not left your brothers these many days to this day , but have kept the charge of the commandment of LORD your God . * And now LORD your God has given rest to your brothers , as he spoke to them . Therefore now turn ye , and get you to your tents , to the land of your possession , which Moses the servant of LORD gave you beyond the Jordan . * Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of LORD commanded you , to love LORD your God , and to walk in all his ways , and to keep his commandments , and to cling to him , and to serve him with a * So Joshua blessed them , and sent them away , and they went to their tents . * Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given in Bashan , but to the other half Joshua gave among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward . Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents , he blessed them , * and spoke to them , saying , Return with much wealth to your tents , and with very much cattle , with silver , and with gold , and with brass , and with iron , and with very much raiment . Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers * And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned , and departed from the sons of Israel out of Shiloh , which is in the land of Canaan , to go to the land of Gilead , to the land of their possession , o * And when they came to the region about the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan , the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan , a great altar to look upon . * And the sons of Israel heard say , Behold , the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan , in the region about the Jordan , on the side that pertains t * And when the sons of Israel heard of it , the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh , to go up against them to war . * And the sons of Israel sent Phinehas , the son of Eleazar the priest , to the sons of Reuben , and to the sons of Gad , and to the half-tribe of Manasseh , into the land of Gilead , * and with him ten rulers , one ruler of a fathers ' house for each of the tribes of Israel . And they were each man of them head of their fathers ' houses among the thousands of Israel . * And they came to the sons of Reuben , and to the sons of Gad , and to the half-tribe of Manasseh , to the land of Gilead , and they spoke with them , saying , * Thus says the whole congregation of LORD , What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel , to turn away this day from following LORD , in that ye have built for you an altar , to rebel this day against LORD ? * Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us , from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day , although there came a plague upon the congregation of LORD , * that ye must turn away this day from following LORD ? And it will be , seeing ye rebel today against LORD , that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel . * However , if the land of your possession is unclean , then pass ye over to the land of the possession of LORD , in which LORD 's tabernacle dwells , and take possession among us , but do not rebel against LORD , nor rebel against us , in b * Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in what was set apart , and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel ? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity . * Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered , and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel , * The Mighty One , God , LORD , the Mighty One , God , LORD , he knows , and Israel he shall know , if it is in rebellion , or if in trespass against LORD (do not save us this day ), * that we have built us an altar to turn away from following LORD , or if to offer burnt-offering or meal-offering on it , or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings on it , let LORD himself require it , * and if we have not [rather ] out of carefulness done this , from purpose , saying , In time to come your sons might speak to our sons , saying , What have ye to do with LORD , the God of Israel ? * For LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you , ye sons of Reuben and sons of Gad . Ye have no portion in LORD . So your sons might make our sons cease from fearing LORD . * Therefore we said , Let us now prepare to build us an altar , not for burnt-offering , nor for sacrifice , * but it shall be a witness between us and you , and between our generations after us , that we may do the service of LORD before him with our burnt-offerings , and with our sacrifices , and with our peace-offerings , that your sons may n * Therefore we said , It shall be , when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come , that we shall say , Behold the pattern of the altar of LORD , which our fathers made , not for burnt-offering , nor for sacrifice , but it is * Far be it from us that we should rebel against LORD , and turn away this day from following LORD , to build an altar for burnt-offering , for meal-offering , or for sacrifice , besides the altar of LORD our God that is before his tabern * And when Phinehas the priest , and the rulers of the congregation , even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him , heard the words that the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke , it pleased * And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben , and to the sons of Gad , and to the sons of Manasseh , This day we know that LORD is in the midst of us , because ye have not committed this trespass against LORD . * And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest , and the rulers , returned from the sons of Reuben , and from the sons of Gad , out of the land of Gilead , to the land of Canaan , to the sons of Israel , and brought them word again . * And the thing pleased the sons of Israel . And the sons of Israel blessed God , and spoke no more of going up against them to war , to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad dwelt . * And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar [Ed ]. For , [they said ], it is a witness between us that LORD is God .

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