Joshua 22:1-9

Lexham English Bible

The Eastern Tribes Return

22 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ² and he said to them, “You have observed all that Moses Yahweh’s servant commanded you, and you have listened^[a] to my voice in all that I have commanded you; ³ you have not forsaken your kinsmen^[b] these many days, up to this day, and you have observed the obligation of the command of Yahweh your God. ⁴ So then, Yahweh your God has given rest to your kinsmen,^[c] just as he promised them; so then, turn and go to your tents to the land of your possession, which Moses Yahweh’s servant gave to you beyond the Jordan. ⁵ Only be very careful to observe the commandment and law that Moses Yahweh’s servant 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.”^{[d] 6} And Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents. 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^[e] 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.”^{[f] 9} So the descendants^[g] of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed with the Israelites^[h] 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^[i] through the hand of Moses.