1. Joshua summoned the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
2. He said to them, “You have done everything the Lord’s servant Moses commanded you. You have also obeyed me in everything I commanded you.
3. All this time, to this day, you have never deserted your relatives. You have carefully kept the commands of the Lord your God.
4. “Now the Lord your God has given your relatives peace, as he promised them. So return home, to the land that is your own possession. It is the land that the Lord’s servant Moses gave you east of the Jordan River.