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Joshua 22:4

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The Lord your God promised to give the Israelites peace. And now, he has kept his promise, so now you can go home. The Lord’s servant Moses gave you the land on the east side of the Jordan River. Now you can go home to that land.

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The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the other half of the tribe of Manasseh had already received all their land. The Lord’s servant, Moses, gave them the land east of the Jordan River.

We will not come back home until everyone in Israel has taken his part of the land.

But you must help your Israelite relatives until they take the land that the Lord is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Help them until the Lord gives them peace there, just as he did for you here. Then you may come back to this land that I have given you.’

Moses had given each family group from the tribe of Reuben some land. This is the land they received:

Then we took their land and gave it to the people in the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh.

This is because we have not yet entered the peaceful land that the Lord your God is giving you.

We know that Joshua did not lead the people into the place of rest that God promised. We know this because God spoke later about another day for rest.

The Lord answered, “I myself will go with you. I will lead you.”

The Lord has given you a place to live, and he will do the same for your brothers. But you must help them until they take control of the land the Lord your God is giving them. Then you can come back and settle here on the east side of the river. This is the land that the Lord’s servant Moses said would be yours.”

All this time you have supported all the other Israelites. You carefully obeyed all the commands that the Lord your God gave you.

The Lord’s servant Moses and the Israelites defeated all these kings. And Moses gave that land to the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. Moses gave them this land to be their own.

David said to these leaders, “The Lord your God is with you. He has given you a time of peace. He helped me defeat the people living around us. The Lord and his people are now in control of this land.




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