Joshua 22:9-11

EasyEnglish Bible

⁹ So the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelites in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan. They returned to their own land in Gilead. Moses had given this land to them, as the Lord had told him.

An altar causes trouble

¹⁰ The 2½ tribes came to Geliloth, near the Jordan River, in Canaan. They built a big altar there, beside the river. ¹¹ The other Israelites heard this news: ‘Those 2½ tribes have built an altar on the border of Canaan, at Geliloth! They have built it on the west side of the Jordan River, our side!’