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So the descendants[a] of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed with the Israelites[b] at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead to the land of their possession, which they had acquired according to the command of Yahweh[c] through the hand of Moses.

10 And they came to the region of the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, and the descendants[d] of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar on the Jordan, a large and imposing altar.[e] 11 And the Israelites[f] heard it said that the descendants[g] of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar next to the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan, on the side belonging to the Israelites.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:9 Or “sons”
  2. Joshua 22:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Joshua 22:9 Literally “on the mouth of Yahweh”
  4. Joshua 22:10 Or “sons”
  5. Joshua 22:10 Literally “a large altar to appearance”
  6. Joshua 22:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Joshua 22:11 Or “sons”
  8. Joshua 22:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”