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He also said to them, “Return to your homes with your vast wealth, large herds of livestock, silver, gold, bronze, iron, and loads of clothing. Divide the loot from your enemies with your relatives.”

An Altar for the Lord Is Built East of the Jordan River

So the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh left the rest of the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan. They returned to Gilead. This was their own possession which they had captured as Yahweh had instructed them through Moses. 10 Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh came to the region of the Jordan that was still in Canaan. They built an altar by the Jordan River. The altar was very large and highly visible.

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saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth—with large herds of livestock,(A) with silver, gold, bronze and iron,(B) and a great quantity of clothing—and divide(C) the plunder(D) from your enemies with your fellow Israelites.”

So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh(E) in Canaan to return to Gilead,(F) their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses.

10 When they came to Geliloth(G) near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar(H) there by the Jordan.

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