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Joshua 22

Joshua dismisses Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh after they faithfully complete their military obligation west of Jordan. On the way home, they build a large altar near the Jordan, alarming the western tribes, who fear a rival worship center and prepare for war. Phinehas and tribal leaders investigate, and the eastern tribes explain the altar is only a witness that they share in the LORD, not an altar for sacrifice. The explanation preserves peace.

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Joshua dismisses Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh after they faithfully complete their military obligation west of Jordan. On the way home, they build a large altar near the Jordan, alarming the western tribes, who fear a rival worship center and prepare for war. Phinehas and tribal leaders investigate, and the eastern tribes explain the altar is only a witness that they share in the LORD, not an altar for sacrifice. The explanation preserves peace.

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Verses 1–9Joshua releases the eastern tribes with a blessingVerses 10–20The altar by Jordan alarms the western tribesVerses 21–29The eastern tribes explain that the altar is a witness, not a rival altarVerses 30–34Phinehas and the princes accept the explanation and peace is preserved
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1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the…2And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses…3Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto…4And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto…5But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the…6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they…7Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh…8And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches…9And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad…10And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that…11And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children…12And when the children of Israel heard of it, the…13And the children of Israel sent unto the children of…14And with him ten princes, of each chief house a…15And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to…16Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass…17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from…18But that ye must turn away this day from following…19Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then…20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass…21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad…22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods,…23That we have built us an altar to turn from…24And if we have not rather done it for fear…25For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us…26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us…27But that it may be a witness between us, and…28Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should…29God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and…30And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the…31And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto…32And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the…33And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the…34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad…