Bible Cross References
I commanded
Numbers 32:20-24
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Moses answered, "If you really mean what you say, then here in the presence of the LORD get ready to go into battle.
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All your fighting men are to cross the Jordan and under the command of the LORD they are to attack our enemies until the LORD defeats them
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and takes possession of the land. After that, you may return, because you will have fulfilled your obligation to the LORD and to the other Israelites. Then the LORD will acknowledge that this land east of the Jordan is yours.
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But if you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against the LORD. Make no mistake about it; you will be punished for your sin.
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So build your towns and the enclosures for your sheep, but do what you have promised!"
Joshua 1:12-15
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Joshua said to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh,
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"Remember how the LORD's servant Moses told you that the LORD your God would give you this land on the east side of the Jordan as your home.
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Your wives, your children, and your livestock will stay here, but your soldiers, armed for battle, will cross over ahead of the other Israelites in order to help them
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until they have occupied the land west of the Jordan that the LORD your God has given them. When he has given safety to all the tribes of Israel, then you may come back and settle here in your own land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the LORD's servant, gave to you."
Joshua 4:12
The men of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and of half the tribe of Manasseh, ready for battle, crossed ahead of the rest of the people, as Moses had told them to do.
Joshua 4:13
In the presence of the LORD about forty thousand men ready for war crossed over to the plain near Jericho.
Joshua 22:1-9
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Then Joshua called together the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.
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He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses the LORD's servant ordered you to do, and you have obeyed all my commands.
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All this time you have never once deserted the other Israelites. You have been careful to obey the commands of the LORD your God.
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Now, as he promised, the LORD your God has given the other Israelites peace. So go back home to the land which you claimed for your own, the land on the east side of the Jordan, that Moses, the LORD's servant, gave you.
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Make sure you obey the law that Moses commanded you: love the LORD your God, do his will, obey his commandments, be faithful to him, and serve him with all your heart and soul."
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Joshua sent them home with his blessing and with these words: "You are going back home very rich, with a lot of livestock, silver, gold, bronze, iron, and many clothes. Share with your fellow tribesmen what you took from your enemies." Then they left for home. Moses had given land east of the Jordan to one half of the tribe of Manasseh, but to the other half Joshua had given land west of the Jordan, along with the other tribes.
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So the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh went back home. They left the rest of the people of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and started out for their own land, the land of Gilead, which they had taken as the LORD had commanded them through Moses.