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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[a] beyond the Jordan to the west; and when Joshua sent them to their tents and blessed them, he said to them, “Return to your tents with much wealth, and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, copper, iron, and with very much clothing; divide the war-booty of your enemies with your kinsmen.”[b] So the descendants[c] of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed with the Israelites[d] at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead to the land of their possession, which they had acquired according to the command of Yahweh[e] through the hand of Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:7 Or “brothers”
  2. Joshua 22:8 Or “brothers”
  3. Joshua 22:9 Or “sons”
  4. Joshua 22:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Joshua 22:9 Literally “on the mouth of Yahweh”