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Joshua 22:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, "
Joshua 22:15
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13 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.
14 With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.
15 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
16 “The whole congregation of the LORD says, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away today from following the LORD, in that you have built yourselves an altar, to rebel today against the LORD?
17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of the LORD,
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Joshua 22:1
"Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,"
Joshua 22:2
"and said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you."
Joshua 22:3
"You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of the LORD your God."
Joshua 22:4
"Now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan."
Joshua 22:5
"Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”"
Joshua 22:6
"So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents."
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