Joshua 22:1-8 - Eastern Tribes Return Home

1 Joshua called together the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. 2 He said: You have done everything Jehovah's servant Moses ordered you to do. You have obeyed all my commands. 3 You have never deserted the other Israelites. You have been careful to obey the commandments of Jehovah your God. 4 Jehovah your God has given the other Israelites peace as he promised. So go back home to the land you claimed for your own, the land on the east side of the Jordan, that Moses, Jehovah's servant, gave you. 5 Be sure you obey the Law that Moses commanded you. Love Jehovah your God. Do his will. Obey his commandments and be faithful to him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your being (Nephesh: living being).

6 Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way. 7 To the one half tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but he gave the other half to Joshua among their brothers on this side Jordan westward. Joshua sent them a way to their tents and he blessed them. 8 He said: Return with much riches to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.