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.

33 And the saying pleased the children of Israel: and the children of Israel [a]blessed God, and [b]minded not to go against them in battle for to destroy the land, wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:33 Or, praised.
  2. Joshua 22:33 Hebrew, said.
  3. Joshua 22:34 Or, witness, as verse 27.

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