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Then Joshua[H3091]called[H7121] the Reubenites[H7206], and the Gadites[H1425], and the half[H2677]tribe[H4294] of Manasseh[H4519],
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And said[H559] unto them, Ye have kept[H8104] all that Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] you, and have obeyed[H8085] my voice[H6963] in all that I commanded[H6680] you:
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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 the LORD[H3068] your God[H430].
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And now the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] hath given rest[H5117] unto your brethren[H251], as he promised[H1696] them: therefore now return[H6437] ye, and get[H3212] 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] you on the other side[H5676]Jordan[H3383].
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But take diligent[H3966]heed[H8104] to do[H6213] the commandment[H4687] and the law[H8451], which Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the LORD[H3068]charged[H6680] you, to love[H157] the LORD[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].
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So Joshua[H3091]blessed[H1288] them, and sent them away[H7971]: and they went[H3212] unto their tents[H168].
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Now to the one half[H2677] of the tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519]Moses[H4872] had given[H5414] possession in Bashan[H1316]: but unto the other half[H2677] thereof gave[H5414]Joshua[H3091]among[H5973] their brethren[H251] on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383]westward[H3220]. And when Joshua[H3091] sent them away[H7971] also unto their tents[H168], then he blessed[H1288] them,
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And he spake[H559] unto them, saying[H559], Return[H7725] with much[H7227]riches[H5233] unto your tents[H168], and with very[H3966]much[H7235]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].
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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], 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 country[H776] of Gilead[H1568], to the land[H776] of their possession[H272], whereof they were possessed[H270], according to the word[H6310] of the LORD[H3068] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872].
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And when they came[H935] 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] there an altar[H4196] by Jordan[H3383], a great[H1419]altar[H4196]to[H4758] see to[H4758].
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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 half[H2677]tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519] have built[H1129] 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].
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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] to war[H6635] against them.
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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 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],
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And with him ten[H6235]princes[H5387], of each[H259]chief[H5387]house[H1004] a prince[H1] throughout all the tribes[H4294] of Israel[H3478]; and each[H259]one[H376] was an head[H7218] of the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1] among the thousands[H505] of Israel[H3478].
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And they came[H935] 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] with them, saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the whole congregation[H5712] of the LORD[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] the LORD[H3068], in that ye have builded[H1129] you an altar[H4196], that ye might rebel[H4775] this day[H3117] against the LORD?[H3068]
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Is the iniquity[H5771] of Peor[H6465] too little[H4592] for us, from which we are not cleansed[H2891] until this day[H3117], although there was a plague[H5063] in the congregation[H5712] of the LORD[H3068],
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But that ye must turn away[H7725] this day[H3117] from following[H310] the LORD?[H3068] and it will be, seeing ye rebel[H4775] to day[H3117] against the LORD[H3068], that to morrow[H4279] he will be wroth[H7107] with the whole congregation[H5712] of Israel[H3478].
19Notwithstanding[H389], if the land[H776] of your possession[H272] be unclean[H2931], then pass ye over[H5674] unto the land[H776] of the possession[H270] of the LORD[H3068], wherein the LORD[H3068]'S tabernacle[H4908]dwelleth[H7931], and take possession[H270]among[H8432] us: but rebel[H4775] not against the LORD[H3068], nor[H408]rebel[H4775] against us, in building[H1129] you an altar[H4196]beside[H1107] the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430].
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Did not Achan[H5912] the son[H1121] of Zerah[H2226]commit[H4603] a trespass[H4604] in the accursed thing[H2764], and wrath[H7110]fell[H1961] on all the congregation[H5712] of Israel?[H3478] and that man[H376]perished[H1478] not alone[H259] in his iniquity[H5771].
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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], and said[H1696] unto the heads[H7218] of the thousands[H505] of Israel[H3478],
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The LORD[H3068]God[H410] of gods[H430], the LORD[H3068]God[H410] of gods[H430], he knoweth[H3045], and Israel[H3478] he shall know[H3045]; if it be in rebellion[H4777], or if in transgression[H4604] against the LORD[H3068],(save us not this day[H3117],)
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That we have built[H1129] us an altar[H4196] to turn[H7725] from following[H310] the LORD[H3068], or if to offer[H5927] thereon burnt offering[H5930] or meat offering[H4503], or if to offer[H6213]peace[H8002]offerings[H2077] thereon, let the LORD[H3068] himself require[H1245] it;
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And if we have not rather done[H6213] it for fear[H1674] of this thing[H1697], 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 the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel?[H3478]
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For the LORD[H3068] hath made[H5414]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]from[H1115]fearing[H3372] the LORD[H3068].
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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]:
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But that it may be a witness[H5707] between us, and you, and our generations[H1755]after[H310] us, that we might do[H5647] 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] to our children[H1121] in time to come[H4279], Ye have no part[H2506] in the LORD[H3068].
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Therefore said[H559] we, that it shall be, when they should so say[H559] to us or to our generations[H1755] in time to come[H4279], that we may say[H559] again, Behold[H7200] the pattern[H8403] of the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068], which our fathers[H1]made[H6213], not for burnt offerings[H5930], nor for sacrifices[H2077]; but it is a witness[H5707] between us and you.
29God[H430]forbid[H2486] that we should rebel[H4775] against the LORD[H3068], and turn[H7725] this day[H3117] from following[H310] the LORD[H3068], to build[H1129] 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].
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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] 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.
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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 perceive[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] is among[H8432] us, because ye have not committed[H4603] this trespass[H4604] against the LORD[H3068]: now[H227] ye have delivered[H5337] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] out of the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068].
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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].
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And the thing[H1697]pleased[H3190] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]blessed[H1288]God[H430], and did not intend[H559] to go up[H5927] against them in battle[H6635], to destroy[H7843] the land[H776] wherein the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and Gad[H1410]dwelt[H3427].
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And the children[H1121] of Reuben[H7205] and the children[H1121] of Gad[H1410]called[H7121] the altar[H4196] Ed: for it shall be a witness[H5707] between us that the LORD[H3068] is God[H430].