1Then Ioshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh,

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Numbers 32:18, Numbers 32:33, Numbers 32:18, Numbers 32:33, Deuteronomy 29:7

2And sayd vnto them, Ye haue kept all that Moses the seruaunt of the Lord commanded you, and haue obeied my voice in all that I commanded you:

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Joshua 1:12, Joshua 1:18, Joshua 1:12, Joshua 1:18, Numbers 32:20

3You haue not forsaken your brethren this long season vnto this day, but haue diligently kept the commandement of the Lord your God.

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Philippians 1:23, Philippians 1:27, Philippians 1:23, Philippians 1:27

4And nowe the Lord hath giuen rest vnto your brethren as he promised them: therefore nowe returne ye and goe to your tentes, to the land of your possession, which Moses the seruant of the Lord hath giuen you beyond Iorden.

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Numbers 32:18, Joshua 13:8, Numbers 32:18, Joshua 13:8, Deuteronomy 3:20

5But take diligent heede, to doe the commandement and Lawe, which Moses the seruant of the Lord commanded you: that is, that ye loue the Lord your God, and walke in all his wayes, and keepe his commandements, and cleaue vnto him, and serue him with all your heart and with all your soule.

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Matthew 22:37, Matthew 22:37, Exodus 20:6, Exodus 20:6, Romans 8:28

6So Ioshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went vnto their tents.

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Joshua 14:13, Joshua 14:13, Luke 24:50, Luke 24:50, Exodus 39:43

7Nowe vnto one halfe of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had giuen a possession in Bashan: and vnto the other halfe thereof gaue Ioshua among their brethren on this side Iorden Westwarde: therefore when Ioshua sent them away vnto their tents, and blessed them,

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Joshua 17:1, Joshua 17:12, Joshua 17:1, Joshua 17:12, Numbers 32:33

8Thus he spake vnto them, saying, Returne with much riches vnto your tents, and with a great multitude of cattell, with siluer and with golde, with brasse and with yron, and with great abundance of rayment: deuide the spoyle of your enemies with your brethren.

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Numbers 31:27, Numbers 31:27, Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18, Deuteronomy 8:9

9So the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel from Shiloh (which is in the land of Canaan) to goe vnto the countrey of Gilead to the land of their possession, which they had obteyned, according to ye word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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Numbers 32:26, Numbers 32:29, Numbers 32:26, Numbers 32:29, Numbers 32:1

10And when they came vnto the borders of Iorden (which are in the land of Canaan) then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh, built there an altar by Iorden, a great altar to see to.

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Genesis 31:46, Genesis 31:52, Genesis 28:18, Joshua 4:5, Joshua 4:9

11When the children of Israel heard say, Beholde, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh haue built an altar in the forefront of the lande of Canaan vpon the borders of Iorden at the passage of the children of Israel:

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Deuteronomy 13:12, Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 13:12, Deuteronomy 13:14, John 1:28

12When the children of Israel heard it, then the whole Congregation of the children of Israel gathered them together at Shiloh to goe vp to warre against them.

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Romans 10:2, Judges 20:1, Judges 20:11, Deuteronomy 13:15, Galatians 4:17

13Then the children of Israel sent vnto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to ye halfe tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest,

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Numbers 25:7, Numbers 25:7, Psalms 106:30, Psalms 106:31, Judges 20:28

14And with him ten princes, of euery chiefe house a prince, according to all the tribes of Israel: for euery one was chiefe of their fathers housholde among the thousands of Israel.

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Numbers 1:4, Numbers 1:4, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 18:25

15So they went vnto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh, vnto the land of Gilead, and spake with them, saying,

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Ezra 9:15, Psalms 78:8, Joshua 22:18, 2 Chronicles 10:19, 2 Chronicles 25:27

16Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What transgression is this that ye haue transgressed against the God of Israel, to turne away this day from the Lord, in that ye haue built you an altar for to rebell this day against the Lord?

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Deuteronomy 12:13, Deuteronomy 12:14, Deuteronomy 12:13, Deuteronomy 12:14

17Haue we too litle for the wickednesse of Peor, whereof we are not clensed vnto this day, though a plague came vpon the Congregation of the Lord?

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Psalms 106:28, Psalms 106:29, Psalms 106:28, Psalms 106:29, Numbers 25:1

18Ye also are turned away this day from the Lord: and seeing ye rebell to day against ye Lord, euen to morowe he will be wroth with all the Congregation of Israel.

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Numbers 16:22, Numbers 16:22, Joshua 22:16, Joshua 22:16, 1 Kings 9:6

19Notwithstanding if the land of your possession be vncleane, come ye ouer vnto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lordes Tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among vs: but rebell not against the Lord, nor rebell not against vs in building you an altar, beside the altar of the Lord our God.

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Joshua 18:1, Joshua 18:1, 2 Chronicles 11:13, Exodus 15:17, Acts 10:14

20Did not Achan ye sonne of Zerah trespasse grieuously in the execrable thing, and wrath fell on all the Congregation of Israel? and this man alone perished not in his wickednesse.

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Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:5, Joshua 7:5, Joshua 7:18

21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh answered, and saide vnto the heads ouer the thousands of Israel,

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Proverbs 15:1, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, 1 Peter 3:15, Proverbs 16:1

22The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel himselfe shall know: if by rebellion, or by transgression against ye Lord we haue done it, saue thou vs not this day.

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1 Kings 8:39, 1 Kings 8:39, Deuteronomy 10:17, Psalms 44:21, Deuteronomy 10:17

23If we haue built vs an altar to returne away from the Lord, either to offer thereon burnt offering, or meate offering, or to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himselfe require it:

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1 Samuel 20:16, Deuteronomy 18:19, 1 Samuel 20:16, Deuteronomy 18:19, 2 Chronicles 24:22

24And if we haue not rather done it for feare of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say vnto our children, What haue ye to doe with the Lord God of Israel?

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Joshua 4:6, Joshua 4:6, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 30:33, Exodus 13:14

25For the Lord hath made Iorden a border betweene vs and you, ye children of Reuben, and of Gad: therefore ye haue no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

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1 Kings 12:27, 1 Kings 12:30, 1 Kings 15:30, Joshua 22:27, 1 Kings 14:16

26Therefore we said, We will nowe go about to make vs an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice,

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27But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lord before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord.

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Joshua 24:27, Joshua 24:27, Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:48, Deuteronomy 12:17

28Therefore said we, If so be that they should so say to vs or to our generations in time to come, then will we answere, Beholde the facion of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice, but it is a witnesse betweene vs and you.

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Exodus 25:40, Ezekiel 43:10, Ezekiel 43:11, Hebrews 8:5, Exodus 25:40

29God forbid, that we should rebell against the Lord, and turne this day away from the Lord to builde an altar for burnt offering, or for meate offering, or for sacrifice, saue the altar of the Lord our God, that is before his Tabernacle.

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Deuteronomy 12:13, Deuteronomy 12:14, Joshua 24:16, Deuteronomy 12:13, Deuteronomy 12:14

30And when Phinehas the Priest, and the princes of the Congregation and heads ouer the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the wordes, that the children of Reuben, and children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, they were well content.

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Joshua 22:33, Joshua 22:33, Acts 11:18, 1 Samuel 25:32, 1 Samuel 25:33

31And Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest said vnto the children of Reuben and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceiue, that the Lord is among vs, because ye haue not done this trespasse against the Lord: nowe ye haue deliuered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

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Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12

32Then Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest with the princes returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, vnto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them answere.

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Proverbs 25:13, Joshua 22:12, Joshua 22:14, Proverbs 25:13, Joshua 22:12

33And the saying pleased the children of Israel: and the children of Israel blessed God, and minded not to goe against them in battell, for to destroy the land, wherein the children of Reuben, and Gad dwelt.

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1 Chronicles 29:20, Luke 2:28, Daniel 2:19, 1 Chronicles 29:20, Luke 2:28

34Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witnesse betweene vs, that the Lord is God.

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Joshua 22:27, Joshua 22:27, Isaiah 43:10, Matthew 4:10, Isaiah 43:10