The Transjordan Tribes. ^12 (A)Joshua addressed the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh: ¹³ “Remember what Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you when he said, ‘The Lord, your God, is about to give you rest; he will give you this land.’ ¹⁴ Your wives, your children, and your livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you here beyond the Jordan. But all the warriors among you must cross over armed, ahead of your kindred, and you must help them ¹⁵ until the Lord has settled your kindred, and they like you possess the land the Lord, your God, is giving them. Afterward you may return and possess your own land, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, has given you east of the Jordan.”^(B)

¹² The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh, armed, marched in the vanguard of the Israelites, as Moses had ordered.

III. Return of the Transjordan Tribes and Joshua’s Farewell

Chapter 22

The Eastern Tribes Dismissed. ¹ At that time Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ² and said to them:^(A) “You have observed all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you, and have listened to my voice in everything I commanded you. ³ For many years now, even until today, you have not abandoned your allies, but have taken care to observe the commands of the Lord, your God. ⁴ Now that the Lord, your God, has settled your allies as he promised them, you may return to your tents, to your own land, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you, across the Jordan.^(B)