her suburbs in mount Ephraim, Gezer and her suburbs,

Kibzaim and its suburbs, Beth-horon and its suburbs.

Of the tribe of Dan, four cities; Eltheke and her suburbs, Gibthon and her suburbs, 24. ajalon and her suburbs, gath-rimon and her suburbs.

Of the half tribe of Manasseh, two cities; Taenah and her suburbs, Gath-ramon and her suburbs,

And all the cities of the other children of the tribe of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

And unto the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half tribe of Manasseh were given two cities, the city of refuge for the slain, Golan in Bashan, and the suburbs thereof, Beesthrah, and the suburbs thereof.

Of the tribe of Issachar, four cities; Kision and her suburbs, Dabrath and her suburbs, 29. Yarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs.

Of the tribe of Asher, four cities; Miseal and her suburbs, Abdon and her suburbs, 31. helkath and its suburbs, rehob and its suburbs.

Of the tribe of Naphtali, three cities: the free city of Kedesh for the slayers of Galilee, and the suburbs thereof; Hammoth-dor, and the suburbs thereof; Karrten, and the suburbs thereof, 33. And all the cities of the tribe of the Gershonites were thirteen with their suburbs.

And unto the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun were given four cities; Jakneam and her suburbs, and Carthah and her suburbs, 35. dimna and its suburbs, nahalal and its suburbs.

And of the tribe of Reuben four cities; Bezer and her suburbs, Jahzah and her suburbs, 37. Kedemoth and her suburbs, Mephaath and her suburbs.
38: Of the tribe of Gad four cities: the free city for the slayers, Ramoth in Gilead, and the suburbs thereof,

Mahanaim and her suburbs, Heshbon and her suburbs, Jaeser and her suburbs, 40. And all the cities of the children of Merari, which were of their families, of the Levites, according to their lot, were twelve.

And all the cities of the Levites, which were of the inheritance of the children of Israel, were forty and eight with their suburbs.

And every one of these cities had her suburbs round about her, one as well as another.

So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers, and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

And the LORD gave them rest from all around, as he sware unto their fathers: and none of their enemies stood against them, but all their enemies delivered he into their hand.

And there was no lack of all the good things which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel. All things came to pass.
(Joshua)
Chapter 22
The third and a half tribes, in returning home…
an altar.

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

And said unto them: Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

Ye have not forsaken your brethren a long time unto this day, but have kept the commandment of the LORD your God.

Because therefore the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren; as he spake unto them, turn ye now, and go unto your tents unto the land of your inheritance, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

Now therefore diligently observe to do according to the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

So Joshua blessed them, and let them go; and they went unto their tents.

To the half tribe of Manasseh Moses gave in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua gave among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And he sent them away to their tents, and blessed them,

And he said unto them: Ye are come home again with great riches unto your tents, with much cattle, and silver, and gold, and brass, and iron, and raiment: divide therefore the spoil of your enemies among your brethren.

So the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, returned, and went from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go into the land of Gilead, unto the land of their inheritance, which they desired by the commandment of the LORD through Moses.

And when they were come to the heaps that are by Jordan, which are in the land of Canaan, the same Reubenites, and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, built there by Jordan a great and beautiful altar.

And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, by the heaps of Jordan on this side the children of Israel,

And they gathered themselves together with all the congregation of Shiloh, to go up against them with an army.

And they sent unto them into the land of Gilead Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14. And with him ten chief princes of the houses of their fathers, out of every tribe of Israel one.

And when they were come unto them into the land of Gilead, they spake unto them, saying: 16. Therefore let all the congregation of the LORD say unto you, How sin ye against the God of Israel, that ye turn away this day from the LORD, to build you an altar, to depart from the LORD?

We are not satisfied with the iniquity of Peor, from which we are not cleansed unto this day, and a plague is come upon the congregation of the LORD,

And ye are turned away from the LORD this day, and have turned away from the LORD this day, that he may be angry with all the congregation of Israel this day or to morrow?

If the land of your inheritance seem unto you to be unclean, come over unto the land which the LORD hath, where the tabernacle of the LORD is, and worship among us: and be not ye turned aside from the LORD, and from us, to build you an altar beside the altar of the LORD
our God.

Did not Achan the son of Zerah sin against the exile, and wrath come upon all the congregation of Israel, and he perished not alone for his iniquity?

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered and said unto the heads and princes of Israel:

The strong God, the LORD, the strong God, the LORD, knoweth, and Israel knoweth also, that if we fall away, or sin against the LORD, he will not help us this day.

And if we have built the altar, to turn away from the LORD, to offer burnt offerings, or meat offerings, or peace offerings, upon it unto the LORD, he shall require it.

And if we have not done it rather for the care of the thing, and said: To day or to morrow your children may say unto our children, What is the LORD God of Israel to you?

The LORD hath set Jordan for a border between us and you children of Reuben and Gad: ye have no part in the LORD. So your children shall put away our children from the fear of the LORD.

Therefore said we: Let us build us an altar, not for sacrifice, nor for burnt offering, 27. But that he may be a witness between us and you and our seed, that we may minister unto the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our peace offerings, and with our peace
offerings; and that your children may not say unto our children to day, or to morrow: Ye have no part in the LORD.

But if they should say thus unto us, or unto our seed to day, or to morrow, n they might say, Behold the likeness of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for sacrifice, nor for burnt offering, but for a witness between us and you.

Far be it from us, that we should turn away from the LORD, and build this day an altar for a burnt offering, and for a meat offering, and for sacrifices beside the altar of the LORD our God, which is before his tabernacle.

And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, the rulers of Israel, which were with him, heard these words which the children of Reuben and Gad and Manasseh spake, they were well pleased.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and Gad, and Manasseh, To day we know that the LORD is among us, that ye have not sinned against the LORD in this deed. Now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.

Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes of the land of Gilead, of the children of Reuben and Gad, returned into the land of Canaan unto the children of Israel, and told them.

And it pleased the children of Israel well, and they praised the God of the children of Israel, and said no more that they would go up against them with an army to destroy the land, where the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt within.

And the children of Reuben and Gad called the altar, that it might be a witness between