Joshua 21:9   (Read all of Joshua 21)

From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name

Joshua 21:11   (Read all of Joshua 21)

They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

Joshua 21:12   (Read all of Joshua 21)

But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

Joshua 21:13   (Read all of Joshua 21)

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

Joshua 21:16   (Read all of Joshua 21)

Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands-nine towns from these two tribes.

Joshua 21:21   (Read all of Joshua 21)

In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,

Joshua 21:42   (Read all of Joshua 21)

Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

Joshua 21:43   (Read all of Joshua 21)

So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

Joshua 21:44   (Read all of Joshua 21)

The Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hands.

Joshua 22:1   (Read all of Joshua 22)

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh

Joshua 22:2   (Read all of Joshua 22)

and said to them, "You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded.

Joshua 22:4   (Read all of Joshua 22)

Now that the Lord your God has given them rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

Joshua 22:5   (Read all of Joshua 22)

But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

Joshua 22:6   (Read all of Joshua 22)

Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.

Joshua 22:7   (Read all of Joshua 22)

(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan along with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them,

Joshua 22:8   (Read all of Joshua 22)

saying, "Return to your homes with your great wealth-with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing-and divide the plunder from your enemies with your fellow Israelites."

Joshua 22:9   (Read all of Joshua 22)

So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses.

Joshua 22:11   (Read all of Joshua 22)

And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side,

Joshua 22:12   (Read all of Joshua 22)

the whole assembly of Israel gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

Joshua 22:13   (Read all of Joshua 22)

So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead-to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 22:14   (Read all of Joshua 22)

With him they sent ten of the chief men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.

Joshua 22:15   (Read all of Joshua 22)

When they went to Gilead-to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh-they said to them:

Joshua 22:16   (Read all of Joshua 22)

"The whole assembly of the Lord says: 'How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now?

Joshua 22:17   (Read all of Joshua 22)

Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord!