The Eastern Tribes Return Home
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Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
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and said to them: "You have kept a all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, b and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
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"You have not left your brethren these many days, up to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
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"And now the LORD your God has given c rest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, d which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
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"But e take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, f to 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."
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So Joshua g blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.
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Now to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, h but 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,
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and 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. i Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."
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So 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 j the 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.
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Cross References
Numbers 32:20 - 22
Then Moses said to them: "If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before the LORD for the war.
Deuteronomy 3:18
Then I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel.
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Cross References
Joshua 1:12 - 18
And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying.
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Cross References
Joshua 21:44
The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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Cross References
Numbers 32:33
So Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
Deuteronomy 6:17
You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you.
Deuteronomy 11:22
For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do - to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him -
Jeremiah 12:16
And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 11:13
And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 11:22
For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do - to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him -
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Cross References
Genesis 47:7
Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Exodus 39:43
Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses blessed them.
Joshua 14:13
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
2 Samuel 6:18
And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
Luke 24:50
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:1 - 13
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph: namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war; therefore he was given Gilead and Bashan.
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Cross References
Numbers 31:27
And divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
1 Samuel 30:24
"For who will heed you in this matter? But as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike."
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Cross References
Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock.
Numbers 32:26
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead.
Numbers 32:29
And Moses said to them: "If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.