1. Then Joshua called a meeting of all the people from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
2. Joshua said to them, “Moses was the Lord’S servant. You obeyed everything that Moses told you to do. And you also obeyed all of my commands.
3. All this time you have supported all the other Israelites. You carefully obeyed all the commands that the Lord your God gave you.
4. 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.
5. But remember—continue to obey the law that the Lord’S servant Moses gave you. You must love the Lord your God and obey his commands. You must continue to follow him and serve him the very best that you can.”
6. Then Joshua said goodbye to them, and they left and went home.
7. Moses had given the land of Bashan to half of the Manasseh tribe. Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan River to the other half of the Manasseh tribe. Joshua blessed them and sent them home.
8. He said, “You have become very rich. You have many animals. You have gold, silver, and expensive jewelry. You have many beautiful clothes. You have taken many things from your enemies. Go home and divide these things among yourselves.”
9. So the people from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh left the other Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan. They went back home to Gilead. This was their own land, the land that Moses gave them, as the Lord had commanded.
10. They went to the place called Geliloth, near the Jordan River in the land of Canaan. There they built a beautiful altar.
11. But the other Israelites who were still at Shiloh heard about the altar that these three tribes built. They heard that the altar was at the border of Canaan at the place called Geliloth. It was near the Jordan River on Israel’s side.