9. So the people from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh left the other Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan and went back to Gilead. It was their own land, given to them by Moses as the Lord had commanded.
10. The people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh went to Geliloth, near the Jordan River in the land of Canaan. There they built a beautiful altar.
11. The other Israelites still at Shiloh heard about the altar these three tribes built at the border of Canaan at Geliloth, near the Jordan River on Israel’s side.
12. All the Israelites became very angry at these three tribes, so they met together and decided to fight them.
13. The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.
14. They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his family group of Israelites.
15. These leaders went to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said: