30 ¶ And when Phinehas the Priest, and the princes of the Congregation and heads over the thousands of Israel, which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, and children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, [a]they were well content.

31 And 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 [b]among us, because ye have not done this trespass against the Lord: now ye have [c]delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

32 ¶ Then Phinehas the son 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, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them answer.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:30 Hebrew, it was good in their eyes.
  2. Joshua 22:31 By preserving and governing us.
  3. Joshua 22:31 Whom if ye had offended; he would have punished with you.

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