Joshua 22:1
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
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Joshua 22:1
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
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Joshua 22:2
and said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you.
Joshua 22:3
You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
Deuteronomy 3:18
I commanded you at that time, saying, “Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it. All of you men of valor shall pass over armed before your brothers, the children of Israel.
Joshua 1:13
“Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, ‘Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give you this land.
Joshua 4:12
The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.
Joshua 4:13
About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war, passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
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Joshua 22:4
Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
Joshua 22:5
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Joshua 22:6
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
Joshua 22:7
Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but Joshua gave to the other half among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
Joshua 22:8
and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers.”
Joshua 22:9
The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children 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, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
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Numbers 32:18
We will not return to our houses until the children of Israel have all received their inheritance.
Numbers 32:20
Moses said to them: “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
Numbers 32:21
and every one of your armed men will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
Numbers 32:22
and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to Yahweh and to Israel. Then this land shall be your possession before Yahweh.
Numbers 32:23
“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.
Numbers 32:24
Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
Numbers 32:25
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
Numbers 32:26
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
Numbers 32:27
but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.”
Numbers 32:28
So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Numbers 32:31
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
Numbers 32:32
We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”
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