Joshua 22:31-33

Expanded Bible

³¹ So Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, said to the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “·Now [^LToday] we know the Lord is ·with us [^Lin our midst] ·and that you didn’t turn against [or because you have not broken faith with] him. Now ·the Israelites will not be punished by [^Lyou have rescued the Israelites from the hand of] the Lord.”

³² Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the leaders left the people of Reuben and Gad in Gilead and went back to Canaan where they told the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] what had happened. ³³ They were ·pleased [satisfied] and thanked God. So they ·decided not to fight [^Ltalked no more about going to war against] the people of Reuben and Gad and destroy those lands.