⁷ And to the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua had given a possession with their kinsmen^[a] beyond the Jordan to the west; and when Joshua sent them to their tents and blessed them, ⁸ he said to them, “Return to your tents with much wealth, and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, copper, iron, and with very much clothing; divide the war-booty of your enemies with your kinsmen.”^{[b] 9} So the descendants^[c] of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed with the Israelites^[d] at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead to the land of their possession, which they had acquired according to the command of Yahweh^[e] through the hand of Moses.