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The eastern tribes build an altar by the Jordan

Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh built a large altar near the Jordan. The western tribes feared rebellion, but the eastern tribes explained that it was a witness of shared worship rather than a rival place of sacrifice, and conflict was avoided (Joshua 22:1-34).

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📖 Joshua 22:1–3

1Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you. 3All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.

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Sources: Scripture — Joshua 22:1-34
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