Joshua 22:10-18

¹⁰When they approached the Jordan region, still in the land of Canaan, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built a large and impressive altar beside the Jordan River.

¹¹The Israelites were told, “Look, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the Jordan region of the land of Canaan, on the side belonging to the Israelities.”

¹²The Israelites gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

¹³Before they did so, they sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead.

¹⁴Ten leaders went with him, one from each of the ten tribes of Israel, and each the head of his family.

¹⁵After they arrived they told the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

¹⁶“This is what all of the Lord's people say, ‘What is this disloyal act you have committed against the God of Israel by building an altar for yourselves? How could you turn away from him now in such rebellion?

¹⁷Wasn't our sin at Peor enough? Even now we're still not clean from the plague that attacked the Lord's people.

¹⁸So why are you turning away from the Lord now? If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with all of us tomorrow!