Then Joshua{H3091} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the Reubenites{H7206}, and the Gadites{H1425}, and the half{H2677} tribe{H4294} of Manasseh{H4519},

And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Ye have kept{H8104}{(H8804)} all that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} you, and have obeyed{H8085}{(H8799)} my voice{H6963} in all that I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} you:

Ye have not left{H5800}{(H8804)} your brethren{H251} these many{H7227} days{H3117} unto this day{H3117}, but have kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the charge{H4931} of the commandment{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}.

And now the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} hath given rest{H5117}{(H8689)} unto your brethren{H251}, as he promised{H1696}{(H8765)} them: therefore now return{H6437}{(H8798)} ye, and get{H3212}{(H8798)} you unto your tents{H168}, and unto the land{H776} of your possession{H272}, which Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} you on the other side{H5676} Jordan{H3383}.

But take diligent{H3966} heed{H8104}{(H8798)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} the commandment{H4687} and the law{H8451}, which Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} charged{H6680}{(H8765)} you, to love{H157}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in all his ways{H1870}, and to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} his commandments{H4687}, and to cleave{H1692}{(H8800)} unto him, and to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} him with all your heart{H3824} and with all your soul{H5315}.

So Joshua{H3091} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them, and sent them away{H7971}{(H8762)}: and they went{H3212}{(H8799)} unto their tents{H168}.

Now to the one half{H2677} of the tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} Moses{H4872} had given{H5414}{(H8804)} possession in Bashan{H1316}: but unto the other half{H2677} thereof gave{H5414}{(H8804)} Joshua{H3091} among{H5973} their brethren{H251} on this side{H5676} Jordan{H3383} westward{H3220}. And when Joshua{H3091} sent them away{H7971}{(H8765)} also unto their tents{H168}, then he blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them,

And he spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Return{H7725}{(H8798)} with much{H7227} riches{H5233} unto your tents{H168}, and with very{H3966} much{H7227} cattle{H4735}, with silver{H3701}, and with gold{H2091}, and with brass{H5178}, and with iron{H1270}, and with very{H3966} much{H7235}{(H8687)} raiment{H8008}: divide{H2505}{(H8798)} the spoil{H7998} of your enemies{H341}{(H8802)} with your brethren{H251}.

And the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the half{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and departed{H3212}{(H8799)} from the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of Shiloh{H7887}, which is in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, to go{H3212}{(H8800)} unto the country{H776} of Gilead{H1568}, to the land{H776} of their possession{H272}, whereof they were possessed{H270}{(H8738)}, according to the word{H6310} of the LORD{H3068} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}.

And when they came{H935}{(H8799)} unto the borders{H1552} of Jordan{H3383}, that are in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the half{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} built{H1129}{(H8799)} there an altar{H4196} by Jordan{H3383}, a great{H1419} altar{H4196} to see to{H4758}.

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} say{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the half{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} have built{H1129}{(H8804)} an altar{H4196} over against{H4136} the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, in the borders{H1552} of Jordan{H3383}, at the passage{H5676} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.

And when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} of it, the whole congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} gathered themselves together{H6950}{(H8735)} at Shiloh{H7887}, to go up{H5927}{(H8800)} to war{H6635} against them.

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205}, and to the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410}, and to the half{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519}, into the land{H776} of Gilead{H1568}, Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest{H3548},

And with him ten{H6235} princes{H5387}, of each{H259}{H259} chief{H5387}{H5387} house{H1004} a prince{H1} throughout all the tribes{H4294} of Israel{H3478}; and each one{H376} was an head{H7218} of the house{H1004} of their fathers{H1} among the thousands{H505} of Israel{H3478}.

And they came{H935}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205}, and to the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410}, and to the half{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519}, unto the land{H776} of Gilead{H1568}, and they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} with them, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the whole congregation{H5712} of the LORD{H3068}, What trespass{H4604} is this that ye have committed{H4603}{(H8804)} against the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, to turn away{H7725}{(H8800)} this day{H3117} from following{H310} the LORD{H3068}, in that ye have builded{H1129}{(H8800)} you an altar{H4196}, that ye might rebel{H4775}{(H8800)} this day{H3117} against the LORD{H3068}?

Is the iniquity{H5771} of Peor{H6465} too little{H4592} for us, from which we are not cleansed{H2891}{(H8694)} until this day{H3117}, although there was a plague{H5063} in the congregation{H5712} of the LORD{H3068},

But that ye must turn away{H7725}{(H8799)} this day{H3117} from following{H310} the LORD{H3068}? and it will be, seeing ye rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} to day{H3117} against the LORD{H3068}, that to morrow{H4279} he will be wroth{H7107}{(H8799)} with the whole congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478}.

Notwithstanding{H389}, if the land{H776} of your possession{H272} be unclean{H2931}, then pass ye over{H5674}{(H8798)} unto the land{H776} of the possession{H272} of the LORD{H3068}, wherein the LORD'S{H3068} tabernacle{H4908} dwelleth{H7931}{(H8804)}, and take possession{H270}{(H8734)} among{H8432} us: but rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} not against the LORD{H3068}, nor{H408} rebel{H4775}{(H8799)} against us, in building{H1129}{(H8800)} you an altar{H4196} beside{H1107} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}.

Did not Achan{H5912} the son{H1121} of Zerah{H2226} commit{H4603}{(H8804)} a trespass{H4604} in the accursed thing{H2764}, and wrath{H7110} fell{H1961}{(H8804)} on all the congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478}? and that man{H376} perished{H1478}{(H8804)} not alone{H259} in his iniquity{H5771}.

Then the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the half{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} answered{H6030}{(H8799)}, and said{H1696}{(H8762)} unto the heads{H7218} of the thousands{H505} of Israel{H3478},

The LORD{H3068} God{H410} of gods{H430}, the LORD{H3068} God{H410} of gods{H430}, he knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)}, and Israel{H3478} he shall know{H3045}{(H8799)}; if it be in rebellion{H4777}, or if in transgression{H4604} against the LORD{H3068},(save{H3467}{(H8686)} us not this day{H3117},)

That we have built{H1129}{(H8800)} us an altar{H4196} to turn{H7725}{(H8800)} from following{H310} the LORD{H3068}, or if to offer{H5927}{(H8687)} thereon burnt offering{H5930} or meat offering{H4503}, or if to offer{H6213}{(H8800)} peace{H8002} offerings{H2077} thereon, let the LORD{H3068} himself require{H1245}{(H8762)} it;

And if we have not rather done{H6213}{(H8804)} it for fear{H1674} of this thing{H1697}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, In time to come{H4279} your children{H1121} might speak{H559}{(H8799)} unto our children{H1121}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What have ye to do with the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}?

For the LORD{H3068} hath made{H5414}{(H8804)} Jordan{H3383} a border{H1366} between us and you, ye children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and children{H1121} of Gad{H1410}; ye have no part{H2506} in the LORD{H3068}: so shall your children{H1121} make{H7673} our children{H1121} cease{H7673}{(H8689)} from{H1115} fearing{H3372}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}.

Therefore we said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let us now prepare{H6213}{(H8799)} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} us an altar{H4196}, not for burnt offering{H5930}, nor for sacrifice{H2077}:

But that it may be a witness{H5707} between us, and you, and our generations{H1755} after{H310} us, that we might do{H5647}{(H8800)} the service{H5656} of the LORD{H3068} before{H6440} him with our burnt offerings{H5930}, and with our sacrifices{H2077}, and with our peace offerings{H8002}; that your children{H1121} may not say{H559}{(H8799)} to our children{H1121} in time to come{H4279}, Ye have no part{H2506} in the LORD{H3068}.

Therefore said{H559}{(H8799)} we, that it shall be, when they should so say{H559}{(H8799)} to us or to our generations{H1755} in time to come{H4279}, that we may say{H559}{(H8804)} again, Behold{H7200}{(H8798)} the pattern{H8403} of the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}, which our fathers{H1} made{H6213}{(H8804)}, not for burnt offerings{H5930}, nor for sacrifices{H2077}; but it is a witness{H5707} between us and you.

God forbid{H2486} that we should rebel{H4775}{(H8800)} against the LORD{H3068}, and turn{H7725}{(H8800)} this day{H3117} from following{H310} the LORD{H3068}, to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an altar{H4196} for burnt offerings{H5930}, for meat offerings{H4503}, or for sacrifices{H2077}, beside the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} that is before{H6440} his tabernacle{H4908}.

And when Phinehas{H6372} the priest{H3548}, and the princes{H5387} of the congregation{H5712} and heads{H7218} of the thousands{H505} of Israel{H3478} which were with him, heard{H8085}{(H8799)} the words{H1697} that the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519} spake{H1696}{(H8765)}, it pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H5869} them.

And Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest{H3548} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205}, and to the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410}, and to the children{H1121} of Manasseh{H4519}, This day{H3117} we perceive{H3045}{(H8804)} that the LORD{H3068} is among{H8432} us, because ye have not committed{H4603}{(H8804)} this trespass{H4604} against the LORD{H3068}: now{H227} ye have delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of the hand{H3027} of the LORD{H3068}.

And Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest{H3548}, and the princes{H5387}, returned{H7725}{(H8799)} from the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205}, and from the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410}, out of the land{H776} of Gilead{H1568}, unto the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, to the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and brought{H7725} them word{H1697} again{H7725}{(H8686)}.

And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H5869} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}; and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} God{H430}, and did not intend{H559}{(H8804)} to go up{H5927}{(H8800)} against them in battle{H6635}, to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} the land{H776} wherein the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and Gad{H1410} dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)}.

And the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the altar{H4196} Ed: for it shall be a witness{H5707} between us that the LORD{H3068} is God{H430}.