Joshua 22:1–9

Eastern Tribes Return to Their Lands

22Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, ²and said to them: “You have kept ^aall that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, ^band have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you. ³You have not ¹left your brethren these many days, up to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God. ⁴And now the Lord your God has given ^crest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, ^dwhich Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan. ⁵But ^etake ²careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, ^fto love the Lord 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.” ⁶So Joshua ^gblessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

⁷Now to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, ^hbut to the other half of it Joshua gave a possession among their brethren on this side of the Jordan, westward. And indeed, when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, ⁸and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much riches to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. ⁱDivide the ³spoil of your enemies with your brethren.”

⁹So the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to ^jthe country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.