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Joshua 22:1-7 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

2. and he said to them, “You have observed all that Moses Yahweh’s servant commanded you, and you have listened to my voice in all that I have commanded you;

3. you have not forsaken your kinsmen these many days, up to this day, and you have observed the obligation of the command of Yahweh your God.

4. So then, Yahweh your God has given rest to your kinsmen, just as he promised them; so then, turn and go to your tents to the land of your possession, which Moses Yahweh’s servant gave to you beyond the Jordan.

5. Only be very careful to observe the commandment and law that Moses Yahweh’s servant commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

6. And Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

7. And to the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua had given a possession with their kinsmen beyond the Jordan to the west; and when Joshua sent them to their tents and blessed them,

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