1Joshua hit up the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, no cap.

2He was like, “Y’all kept it real with everything Moses told you, and you vibed with my commands too.”

3You didn’t ditch your homies this whole time, but stayed true to the Lord’s squad goals.

4Now the Lord’s given your crew some chill time, just like he said: so bounce back to your tents and the land Moses hooked you up with across the Jordan.

5But for real, keep it 100 with the commandments and the law Moses laid down: love the Lord, walk his way, keep his rules, stick with him, and serve him with all your heart and soul.

6So Joshua blessed them and sent them off: they dipped back to their tents.

7Moses gave one half of Manasseh the Bashan vibes, but Joshua blessed the other half on this side of the Jordan. When he sent them off, he blessed them too.

8He told them, “Return with mad riches to your tents, and flex with lots of cattle, silver, gold, brass, iron, and fresh fits: share the spoils with your crew.”

9The Reubenites, Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh bounced back from Shiloh in Canaan to their Gilead land, just like the Lord said through Moses.

10When they hit the Jordan borders in Canaan, they built a dope altar by the river, a massive one to flex on.

11Yo, the squad of Israel heard that the Reuben and Gad crew, plus half of Manasseh, built an altar by Canaan, right by the Jordan. Major vibes.

12When Israel heard this, the whole crew gathered at Shiloh, ready to pop off and go to war.

13Israel sent Phinehas, Eleazar's son, to the Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh crew in Gilead.

14He brought ten princes, one from each fam in Israel, all heads of their squads. Goated team.

15They rolled up to Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh in Gilead and said,

16"The whole squad of the Lord wants to know, what’s this trespass you’ve done against the God of Israel? Why you building an altar and dipping from the Lord today?"

17Is the mess from Peor not enough for us? We’re still not clean from that vibe, even with the plague in the Lord's squad.

18But y’all seriously turning away from the Lord today? If you rebel now, tomorrow He’s gonna be mad at the whole Israel crew.

19If your land is sus, just come over to the Lord's land where His tabernacle is, and chill with us. But don’t rebel against the Lord or us by building an altar next to our God’s altar.

20Remember Achan, Zerah's son? He messed up with the cursed stuff, and the whole Israel squad got hit with wrath. He didn’t just go down alone, no cap.

21So the Reuben fam, Gad crew, and half of Manasseh were like, "Yo, leaders of Israel, listen up!"

22The Lord, the ultimate God, knows what's up, and Israel will know too; if we're being sus or going against the Lord, then just save us today, no cap.

23We built this altar to keep it real with the Lord, not to offer burnt or meat offerings, but if we did, let the Lord handle it.

24If we did this outta fear, saying, "Later on, your kids might ask our kids, 'What’s your vibe with the Lord God of Israel?'"

25The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, Reuben and Gad fam; you got no part with the Lord: your kids might make our kids stop vibing with the Lord.

26So we were like, "Let’s build an altar, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, fr."

27It's a witness between us and you, and our future generations, that we can serve the Lord with our offerings so your kids won't say to ours, "You don’t vibe with the Lord."

28So when your kids ask us or our future kids, we can be like, "Check out this altar our fam made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices; it's a witness between us."

29No way we gonna rebel against the Lord today and build an altar for burnt offerings or sacrifices, except for the Lord’s altar in front of His tabernacle.

30When Phinehas the priest and the leaders heard what the Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh fam said, they were totally vibing with it.

31Phinehas, the priest's kid, told the Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh fam, "Yo, we see the Lord's vibes with us 'cause you didn’t mess up against Him. You just saved the whole crew of Israel from the Lord’s hand. No cap."

32Phinehas and the squad dipped from Reuben and Gad, back from Gilead to Canaan, to tell the Israel fam what went down.

33The Israel crew was totally vibing with it, blessed God, and wasn’t about to roll up on Reuben and Gad to start beef over their land.

34Reuben and Gad named the altar Ed, like, "This is our witness that the Lord is the GOAT."

1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

2And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

3Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.

4And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.

5But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

7Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

8And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto 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 brethren.

9And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

10And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.

11And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

12And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.

13And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

14And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

15And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

16Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?

17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,

18But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

19Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.

20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

22The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)

23That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;

24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?

25For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

27But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

28Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

29God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn this day from following the Lord, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the Lord our God that is before his tabernacle.

30And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

31And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

32And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

33And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

34And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God.