Joshua 22:1

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Joshua 22:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

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

2 and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

3 All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Numbers 32:18

We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.

Numbers 32:19

Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:20

Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

Numbers 32:21

and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,

Numbers 32:22

then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

Numbers 32:24

Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

Numbers 32:25

The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

Numbers 32:26

Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

Numbers 32:27

But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”

Numbers 32:28

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.

Numbers 32:29

And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

Numbers 32:30

But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”

Numbers 32:31

The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

Numbers 32:32

We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:33

So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

Deuteronomy 29:7

When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

Deuteronomy 29:8

We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.