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1Joshua held a meeting with the men of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh, and he told them:
The tribes of Reuben and Gad started back to Gilead, their own land. Moses had given the land of Bashan to the East Manasseh tribe, so they started back along with Reuben and Gad. God had told Moses that these two and a half tribes should conquer Gilead and Bashan, and they had done so.
Joshua had given land west of the Jordan River to the other half of the Manasseh tribe, so they stayed at Shiloh in the land of Canaan with the rest of the Israelites.
10-11The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh reached the western side of the Jordan River valley and built a huge altar there beside the river.[#22.10,11 Or “the town of Geliloth, which is in the land of Canaan near the Jordan River.”]
When the rest of the Israelites heard what these tribes had done,
12the Israelite men met at Shiloh to get ready to attack the two and a half tribes.
13But first they sent a priest, Phinehas the son of Eleazar, to talk with the two and a half tribes.
14Each of the ten tribes at Shiloh sent the leader of one of its families along with Phinehas.
15Phinehas and these leaders went to Gilead and met with the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said:
21The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh answered:
30-31Phinehas and the clan leaders were pleased when they heard the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh explain why they had built the altar. Then Phinehas told them, “Today we know that the Lord is helping us. You have not been unfaithful to him, and this means that the Lord will not be angry with us.”
32Phinehas and the clan leaders left Gilead and went back to Canaan to tell the Israelites about their meeting with the Reuben and Gad tribes.
33The Israelites were happy and praised God. There was no more talk about going to war and wiping out the tribes of Reuben and Gad.
34The people of Reuben and Gad named the altar “A Reminder to Us All That the Lord Is Our God.”[#22.34 Or “gave a name to the altar. They explained, ‘This altar is here to remind us all that the is our God’ ”; most Hebrew manuscripts. A few Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation “named the altar ‘Reminder.’ They explained, ‘This altar is here to remind us all that the is our God.’ ”]