<vn='1'><sn="227">Then</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="7206">Reubenites</s>, and the <sn="1425">Gadites</s>, and the <sn="2677">half</s><sn="4294">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="859">Ye</s> have <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="4872">Moses</s> the <sn="5650">servant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> you, and have <sn="8085">obeyed</s> my <sn="6963">voice</s> in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s> you: </v>
<vn='3'>Ye have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5800">left</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="2088">these</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="3117">days</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, but have <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4931">charge</s> of the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s> hath given <sn="5117">rest</s> unto your <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="834">as</s> he <sn="1696">promised</s> them: therefore <sn="6258">now</s><sn="6437">return</s> ye, and <sn="1980">get</s> you unto your <sn="168">tents</s>, and <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of your <sn="272">possession</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="4872">Moses</s> the <sn="5650">servant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">gave</s> you on the other <sn="5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="7535">But</s> take <sn="3966">diligent</s><sn="8104">heed</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandment</s> and the <sn="8451">law</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="4872">Moses</s> the <sn="5650">servant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">charged</s> you, to <sn="157">love</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, and to <sn="1980">walk</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1870">ways</s>, and to <sn="8104">keep</s> his <sn="4687">commandments</s>, and to <sn="1692">cleave</s> unto him, and to <sn="5647">serve</s> him with <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="3824">heart</s> and with <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>So <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="1288">blessed</s> them, and sent them <sn="7971">away</s>: and they <sn="1980">went</s><sn="413">unto</s> their <sn="168">tents</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Now to the one <sn="2677">half</s> of the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s><sn="4872">Moses</s> had <sn="5414">given</s> possession in <sn="1316">Bashan</s>: but unto the other <sn="2677">half</s> thereof <sn="5414">gave</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="5973">among</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s> on this <sn="5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="3220">westward</s>. And <sn="3588">when</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s> sent them <sn="7971">away</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="413">unto</s> their <sn="168">tents</s>, then he <sn="1288">blessed</s> them, </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7725">Return</s> with <sn="7227">much</s><sn="5233">riches</s><sn="413">unto</s> your <sn="168">tents</s>, and with <sn="3966">very</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="4735">cattle</s>, with <sn="3701">silver</s>, and with <sn="2091">gold</s>, and with <sn="5178">brass</s>, and with <sn="1270">iron</s>, and with <sn="3966">very</s><sn="7235">much</s><sn="8008">raiment</s>: <sn="2505">divide</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> of your <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="5973">with</s> your <sn="251">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s> and the <sn="2677">half</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s><sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> out of <sn="4480 7887">Shiloh</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">country</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of their <sn="272">possession</s>, <sn="834">whereof</s> they were <sn="270">possessed</s>, <sn="5921">according</s> to the <sn="6310">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And when they <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1552">borders</s> of <sn="3383">Jordan</s>, <sn="834">that</s> are in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s> and the <sn="2677">half</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="8033">there</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4196">altar</s> to <sn="4758">see</s> to. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="559">say</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s> and the <sn="2677">half</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s> have <sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> over <sn="413 4136">against</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, <sn="413">in</s> the <sn="1552">borders</s> of <sn="3383">Jordan</s>, <sn="413">at</s> the <sn="1552">passage</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And when the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="8085">heard</s> of it, the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="5712">congregation</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> gathered themselves <sn="6950">together</s> at <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, to <sn="5927">go</s> up to <sn="6635">war</s><sn="5921">against</s> them. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2677">half</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="6372">Phinehas</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="499">Eleazar</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="5387">princes</s>, of each <sn="5387 259 5387 259">chief</s><sn="1004">house</s> a <sn="1">prince</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4294">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; and each <sn="376">one</s> was a <sn="7218">head</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s> among the <sn="505">thousands</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And they <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2677">half</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, and they <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="854">with</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="5712">congregation</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="4604">trespass</s> is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="834">that</s> ye have <sn="4603">committed</s> against the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, to turn <sn="7725">away</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, in that ye have <sn="1129">built</s> you an <sn="4196">altar</s>, that ye might <sn="4775">rebel</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? </v>
<vn='17'> Is <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of <sn="6465">Peor</s> too <sn="4592">little</s> for us, <sn="4480">from</s><sn="834">which</s> we are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2891">cleansed</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, although there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="5063">plague</s> in the <sn="5712">congregation</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, </v>
<vn='18'>But that <sn="859">ye</s> must turn <sn="7725">away</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? and it will <sn="1961">be</s>, seeing <sn="859">ye</s><sn="4775">rebel</s><sn="3117">today</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that <sn="4279">tomorrow</s> he will be <sn="7107">wroth</s><sn="413">with</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="5712">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="389">Notwithstanding</s>, <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of your <sn="272">possession</s> be <sn="2931">unclean</s>, then pass ye <sn="5674">over</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="272">possession</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">wherein</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="4908">tabernacle</s><sn="7931 8033">dwelleth</s>, and take <sn="270">possession</s><sn="8432">among</s> us: but <sn="4775">rebel</s><sn="408">not</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="408">nor</s><sn="4775">rebel</s> against us, in <sn="1129">building</s> you an <sn="4196">altar</s><sn="4480 1107">beside</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5912">Achan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2226">Zerah</s><sn="4603">commit</s> a <sn="4604">trespass</s> in the accursed <sn="2764">thing</s>, and <sn="7110">wrath</s><sn="1961">fell</s><sn="5921">on</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5712">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? and <sn="1931">that</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="1478">perished</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="259">alone</s> in his <sn="5771">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s> and the <sn="2677">half</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s><sn="6030">answered</s>, and <sn="1696">said</s> unto <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7218">heads</s> of the <sn="505">thousands</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='22'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="410">God</s> of <sn="430">gods</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="410">God</s> of <sn="430">gods</s>, <sn="1931">he</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="3045">know</s>; <sn="518">if</s> it be in <sn="4777">rebellion</s>, or <sn="518">if</s> in <sn="4604">transgression</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, ( <sn="3467">save</s> us <sn="408">not</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>,) </v>
<vn='23'>That we have <sn="1129">built</s> us an <sn="4196">altar</s> to <sn="7725">turn</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, or <sn="518">if</s> to <sn="5927">offer</s><sn="5921">thereon</s> burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> or meat <sn="4503">offering</s>, or <sn="518">if</s> to <sn="6213">offer</s><sn="8002">peace</s><sn="2077">offerings</s><sn="5921">thereon</s>, let the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1931">himself</s><sn="1245">require</s> it; </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="518">if</s> we have <sn="3808">not</s> rather <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">it</s> for <sn="4480 1674">fear</s> of this <sn="4480 1697">thing</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, In time to <sn="4279">come</s> your <sn="1121">children</s> might <sn="559">speak</s> unto our <sn="1121">children</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> have ye to do with the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='25'>For the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s> a <sn="1366">border</s><sn="996">between</s> us and you, ye <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>; ye have <sn="369">no</s><sn="2506">part</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: so shall your <sn="1121">children</s> make <sn="*853"></s> our <sn="1121">children</s><sn="7673">cease</s> from <sn="3372">fearing</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Therefore we <sn="559">said</s>, Let us <sn="4994">now</s><sn="6213">prepare</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> us <sn="*853"></s> an <sn="4196">altar</s>, <sn="3808">not</s> for <sn="5930">burnt</s> offering, <sn="3808">nor</s> for <sn="2077">sacrifice</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">But</s> that <sn="1931">it</s> may be a <sn="5707">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> us, and you, and our <sn="1755">generations</s><sn="310">after</s> us, that we might <sn="5647">do</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5656">service</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6440">before</s> him with our burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, and with our <sn="2077">sacrifices</s>, and with our peace <sn="8002">offerings</s>; that your <sn="1121">children</s> may <sn="3808">not</s><sn="559">say</s> to our <sn="1121">children</s> in time to <sn="4279">come</s>, Ye have <sn="369">no</s><sn="2506">part</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Therefore <sn="559">said</s> we, that it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> they should so <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">to</s> us or <sn="413">to</s> our <sn="1755">generations</s> in time to <sn="4279">come</s>, that we may <sn="559">say</s> again, <sn="7200">Behold</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8403">pattern</s> of the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> our <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="6213">made</s>, <sn="3808">not</s> for burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> for <sn="2077">sacrifices</s>; <sn="3588">but</s><sn="1931">it</s> is a <sn="5707">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> us and you. </v>
<vn='29'>God <sn="2486">forbid</s> that <sn="4480">we</s> should <sn="4775">rebel</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7725">turn</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="1129">build</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> for burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, for meat <sn="4503">offerings</s>, or for <sn="2077">sacrifices</s>, <sn="4480 905">beside</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="6440">before</s> his <sn="4908">tabernacle</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And when <sn="6372">Phinehas</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and the <sn="5387">princes</s> of the <sn="5712">congregation</s> and <sn="7218">heads</s> of the <sn="505">thousands</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">which</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s><sn="1696">spoke</s>, it <sn="3190 5869">pleased</s> them. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="6372">Phinehas</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="499">Eleazar</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, This <sn="3117">day</s> we <sn="3045">perceive</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="8432">among</s> us, <sn="834">because</s> ye have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4603">committed</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4604">trespass</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="227">now</s> ye have <sn="5337">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And <sn="6372">Phinehas</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="499">Eleazar</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and the <sn="5387">princes</s>, <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s>, and <sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s>, out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and brought them word <sn="7725 *853 1697">again</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="3190 5869">pleased</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="430">God</s>, and did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="559">intend</s> to go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> them in <sn="6635">battle</s>, to <sn="7843">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">wherein</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and <sn="1410">Gad</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1410">Gad</s><sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> Ed: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">it</s> shall be a <sn="5707">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> us <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="430">God</s>. </v>