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

and said{H559} unto them, Ye have kept{H8104} all that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} you, and have hearkened{H8085} unto my voice{H6963} in all that I commanded{H6680} you:

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

And now Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} hath given rest{H5117} unto your brethren,{H251} as he spake{H1696} unto them: therefore now turn{H6437} ye, and get{H3212} you unto your tents,{H168} unto the land{H776} of your possession,{H272} which Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} gave{H5414} you beyond{H5676} the Jordan.{H3383}

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

So Joshua{H3091} blessed{H1288} them, and sent them away;{H7971} and they went{H3212} unto their tents.{H168}

Now to the one {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} Moses{H4872} had given{H5414} [inheritance] in Bashan;{H1316} but unto the other half{H2677} gave{H5414} Joshua{H3091} among{H5973} their brethren{H251} beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} westward;{H3220} moreover when Joshua{H3091} sent them away{H7971} unto their tents,{H168} he blessed{H1288} them,

and spake{H559} unto them, saying,{H559} Return{H7725} with much{H7227} wealth{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} raiment:{H8008} divide{H2505} the spoil{H7998} of your enemies{H341} with your brethren.{H251}

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

And when they came{H935} unto the region about the Jordan,{H3383} that is in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} built{H1129} there an altar{H4196} by the Jordan,{H3383} a great{H1419} altar{H4196} to{H4758} look upon.{H4758}

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} heard{H8085} say,{H559} Behold, the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} have built{H1129} an altar{H4196} in the forefront{H4136} of the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} in the region{H1552} about the Jordan,{H3383} on the side that pertaineth{H5676} to the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

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

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} unto the children{H1121} of Reuben,{H7205} and to the children{H1121} of Gad,{H1410} and to the {H2677} half-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} one prince{H5387} of a fathers'{H1} house{H1004} for each{H259} of the tribes{H4294} of Israel;{H3478} and they were every one{H376} of them head{H7218} of their fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} among the thousands{H505} of Israel.{H3478}

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

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

Is the iniquity{H5771} of Peor{H6465} too little{H4592} for us, from which we have not cleansed{H2891} ourselves unto this day,{H3117} although there came a plague{H5063} upon the congregation{H5712} of Jehovah,{H3068}

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

Howbeit,{H389} if the land{H776} of your possession{H272} be unclean,{H2931} then pass ye over{H5674} unto the land{H776} of the possession{H272} of Jehovah,{H3068} wherein Jehovah's{H3068} tabernacle{H4908} dwelleth,{H7931} and take possession{H270} among{H8432} us: but rebel{H4775} not against Jehovah,{H3068} nor{H408} rebel{H4775} against us, in building{H1129} you an altar{H4196} besides{H1107} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430}

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

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

The Mighty One, God,{H410} Jehovah,{H3068} {H430} the Mighty One, God,{H410} Jehovah,{H3068} {H430} he knoweth;{H3045} and Israel{H3478} he shall know:{H3045} if it be in rebellion,{H4777} or if in trespass{H4604} against Jehovah{H3068} (save{H3467} thou us not this day,){H3117}

that we have built{H1129} us an altar{H4196} to turn{H7725} away from following{H310} Jehovah;{H3068} or if to offer{H5927} thereon burnt-offering{H5930} or meal-offering,{H5930} or if to offer{H6213} sacrifices of{H8002} peace-offerings{H2077} thereon, let Jehovah{H3068} himself require{H1245} it;

and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness{H1674} done{H6213} this,{H1697} [and] of purpose, saying,{H559} In time to come{H4279} your children{H1121} might speak{H559} unto our children,{H1121} saying,{H559} What have ye to do with Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel?{H3478}

for Jehovah{H3068} hath made{H5414} the Jordan{H3383} a border{H1366} between us and you, ye children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and children{H1121} of Gad;{H1410} ye have no portion{H2506} in Jehovah:{H3068} so might your children{H1121} make{H7673} our children{H1121} cease{H7673} from{H1115} fearing{H3372} Jehovah.{H3068}

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

but it shall be a witness{H5707} between us and you, and between our generations{H1755} after{H310} us, that we may do{H5647} the service{H5656} of Jehovah{H3068} before{H6440} him with our burnt-offerings,{H5930} and with our sacrifices,{H2077} and with our peace-offerings;{H5930} that your children{H1121} may not say{H559} to our children{H1121} in time to come,{H4279} Ye have no portion{H2506} in Jehovah.{H3068}

Therefore said{H559} we, It shall be, when they so say{H559} to us or to our generations{H1755} in time to come,{H4279} that we shall say,{H559} Behold{H7200} the pattern{H8403} of the altar{H4196} of Jehovah,{H3068} which our fathers{H1} made,{H6213} not for burnt-offering,{H5930} nor for sacrifice;{H2077} but it is a witness{H5707} between us and you.

Far be{H2486} it from us that we should rebel{H4775} against Jehovah,{H3068} and turn{H7725} away this day{H3117} from following{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} to build{H1129} an altar{H4196} for burnt-offering,{H5930} for meal-offering,{H4503} or for sacrifice,{H2077} besides the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{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} even the heads{H7218} of the thousands{H505} of Israel{H3478} that were with him, heard{H8085} 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} it pleased{H3190} them well.

And Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest{H3548} said{H559} 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 know{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} is in the midst{H8432} of us, because ye have not committed{H4603} this trespass{H4604} against Jehovah:{H3068} now{H227} have ye delivered{H5337} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of the hand{H3027} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And Phinehas{H6372} the son{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and the princes,{H5387} returned{H7725} 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}

And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3190} the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} blessed{H1288} God,{H430} and spake no more{H559} of going up{H5927} against them to war,{H6635} to destroy{H7843} the land{H776} wherein the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children of Gad{H1410} dwelt.{H3427}

And the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} called{H7121} the altar{H4196} [Ed]: For, [said they], it is a witness{H5707} between us that Jehovah{H3068} is God.{H430}