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Chapter 22 Then Joshua called the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the

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half-tribe of Manasseh, and said unto
them, Ye have kept all that Moses,

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the servant of the Lord, commanded you,
and have obeyed my voice in all that I

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commanded you.

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Ye have not left your brethren these many
days unto this day, but have kept the

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charge of the commandment of the Lord your
God.

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And now the Lord your God hath given rest
unto your brethren, as he promised them.

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Therefore now return ye, and get you unto
your tents, and unto the land of your

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possession, which Moses, the servant of
the Lord, gave you on the other side,

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Jordan.

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But take diligent heed to do the
commandment and the law, which Moses,

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the servant of the Lord, charged you,
to love the Lord your God, and to walk in

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all his ways, and to keep his
commandments, and to cleave unto him,

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and to serve him with all your heart,
and with all your soul.

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So Joshua blessed them, and sent them
away, and they went unto their tents.

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Now to the one half of the tribe of
Manasseh Moses had given possession in

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Bashan, but unto the other half thereof
gave Joshua among their brethren on this

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side, Jordan, westward.

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And when Joshua sent them away also unto
their tents, then he blessed them,

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and he spake unto them, saying,
Return with much riches unto your tents,

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and with very much cattle, with silver,
and with gold, and with brass,

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and with iron, and with very much raiment.

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Divide the spoil of your enemies with your
brethren.

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And the children of Reuben, and the
children of Gad, and the half tribe of

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Manasseh returned, and departed from the
children of Israel out of Shiloh,

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which is in the land of Canaan,
to go unto the country of Gilead,

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to the land of their possession,
whereof they were possessed according to

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the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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And when they came unto the borders of
Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan,

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the children of Reuben, and the children
of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

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built there an altar by Jordan,
a great altar to see to.

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And the children of Israel heard say,
Behold!

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The children of Reuben, and the children
of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh

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have built an altar over against the land
of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan,

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at the passage of the children of Israel.

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And when the children of Israel heard of
it, The whole congregation of the children

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of Israel gathered themselves together at
Shiloh to go up to war against them.

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And the children of Israel sent unto the
children of Reuben, and to the children of

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Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh,
into the land of Gilead, Phineas the son

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of Eleazar the priest, and with him ten
princes, of each chief house a prince

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throughout all the tribes of Israel.

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And each one was in head of the house of
their fathers among the thousands of

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Israel.

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And they came unto the children of Reuben,
and to the children of Gad, and to the

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half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of
Gilead.

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And they spake with them, saying,
Thus saith the whole congregation of the

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Lord, What trespass is this, that ye have
committed against the God of Israel,

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to turn away this day from following the
Lord, in that ye have builded you an

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altar, that ye might rebel this day
against the Lord?

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Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us,
from which we are not cleansed until this

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day?

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Although there was a plague in the
congregation of the Lord, but that ye must

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turn away this day from following the
Lord?

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And it will be, seeing ye rebel today
against the Lord, that tomorrow he will be

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wroth with the whole congregation of
Israel.

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Notwithstanding, if the land of your
possession be unclean, then pass ye over

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unto the land of the possession of the
Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle

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dwelleth, and take possession among us.

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But rebel not against the Lord,
nor rebel against us, in building you an

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altar beside the altar of the Lord our
God.

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Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a
trespass in the accursed thing,

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and wrath fell on all the congregation of
Israel?

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And that man perished not alone in his
iniquity.

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Then the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half-tribe of

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Manasseh answered and said unto the heads
of the thousands of Israel, The Lord God

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of gods, the Lord God of gods,
he knoweth, and Israel he shall know.

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If it be in rebellion, or if in
transgression against the Lord,

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save us not this day, that we have built
us an altar to turn from following the

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Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt
offering, or meat offering, or if to offer

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peace offerings thereon, let the Lord
himself require it.

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And if we have not rather done it for fear
of this thing, saying, In time to come

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your children might speak unto our
children, saying, What have ye to do with

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the Lord God of Israel?

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For the Lord hath made Jordan a border
between us and you, ye children of Reuben

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and children of Gad.

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Ye have no part in the Lord.

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So shall your children make our children
cease from fearing the Lord.

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Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to
build us an altar, not for burnt offering,

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nor for sacrifice, but that it may be a
witness between us and you, and our

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generations after us, that we might do the
service of the Lord before him with our

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burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices,
and with our peace offerings, that your

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children may not say to our children in
time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

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Therefore said we, That it shall be,
when they should so say to us,

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or to our generations in time to come,
that we may say again, Behold the pattern

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of the altar of the Lord, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offerings,

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nor for sacrifices, but it is a witness
between us and you.

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God forbid that we should rebel against
the Lord, and turn this day from following

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the To build an altar for burnt offerings,
for meat offerings, or for sacrifices,

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beside the altar of the Lord our God that
is before his tabernacle.

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And when Phineas the priest, and the
princes of the congregation, and heads of

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the thousands of Israel which were with
him, heard the words that the children of

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Reuben, and the children of Gad,
and the children of Manasseh spake,

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it pleased them.

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And Phineas the son of Eleazar the priest,
said unto the children of Reuben,

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and to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Manasseh, This day we perceive

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that the Lord is among us, because ye have
not committed this trespass against the

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Lord.

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Now ye have delivered the children of
Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

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And Phineas the son of Eleazar the priest,
and the princes, returned from the

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children of Reuben, and from the children
of Gad, out of the land of Gilead,

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under the land of Canaan, to the children
of Israel, and brought them word again.

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And the thing pleased the children of
Israel.

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And the children of Israel blessed God,
and did not intend to go up against them

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in battle, to destroy the land wherein the
children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

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And the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad called the altar Ed,

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for it shall be a witness between us that
the Lord is God.