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Notes
The group of ten chiefs delivered the message that the ten tribes agreed upon at Shiloh.
This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: The formula including the first two words in the Hebrew text, “This is what … says,” was a common way to start a messenger’s report (for example, Ezra 1:2; Isaiah 28:16).
The direct statements and questions of the group of ten chiefs guaranteed that God's anger did not fall on the nation because of rebellion, like Achan's incident or the event at Peor (7:1–15; Numbers 25).
Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built their own altar, which caused a conflict with the rest of Israel.
Joshua first said goodbye to the tribes east of the Jordan River when he sent them home. As usual, he urged them to remain loyal to God.
People
Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
Glossary
Altar Ammon, Ammonites Edh Gad, Tribe of Joshua, Book of Manasseh, Tribe of Phinehas Shiloh Tribe of Dan Witness, Altar of
Topics
Fear of God: The Nine and One-Half Tribes of Israel West of the Jordan River Government: Executive officers of Tribes and Cities Haste in Judgment, by Moses and the Israelites Misjudgment of the Reubenites and Gadites Motive: Misunderstood: when They Built the Memorial Phinehas: Sent Prudence: The Israelites, in the Threatened War with the Two and One-Half Tribes Rebellion Against God: Exhibited in Departing from his Instituted Worship Religious Zeal in Punishing Evil People: Israelites Reproof: Faithfulness in Israelites, of the Two and One-Half Tribes Reubenites: Unite with the Other Tribes in Building a Monument the Tribe of Gad: Assisted in Building the Altar of Witness Which Excited The the Tribe of Reuben: Assisted in Building the Altar of Witness Which offended The Uncharitableness: The Tribes West of the Jordan River Toward the Two and a Half Tribes War: Averted War: Counsels of