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Day 100 and 71
then the leaders of the tribe of Levi came to consult with Eliezer, the
priest, Joshua son of none, and the leaders of the other tribes of Israel.
They came to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said The Lord commanded
Moses to give us towns to live in and pasture lands for our livestock.
So by the command of the Lord, the people of Israel gave the Levites
the following towns and pasture lands out of their own grants of land.
The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Coha clan within the
tribe of Levi were allotted 13 towns that were originally assigned to the
tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
The other families of the coed Klan were allotted 10 towns from the tribes of
Efraim, Dan and the half tribe of Manassa.
The Klan of Gershen was allotted 13 towns from the tribes of Iscar, Asher Naftali,
and the half tribe of Manassa in Basin.
The Klan of Marra was allotted 12 towns from the tribes
of Reen, Gadd, and Zebulon.
So the Israelites obeyed the Lord's command to Moses and assigned these
towns and pasture lands to the Levites by casting sacred lots.
The Israelites gave the following towns from the tribes of Judah and Simeon to
the descendants of Aaron who were members of the coed clan within the tribe of Levi
since the sacred lot fell to them first.
Kieth Aba.
That is Hebron in the hill country of Judah, along with
its surrounding pasture lands.
Arba was an ancestor of Anac.
But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to
Caleb's son of Giana as his possession.
The following towns with their pasture lands were given to the descendants of
Aaron the priest, Hebron, a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone.
Lib na chatter, esa Hoon, deber.
Jata and Beth Mish.
Nine towns from these two tribes from the tribe of Benjamin.
The priests were given the following towns with their pasture lands, Gibbon,
GBA, Aneth, and Alman four towns.
So in all 13 towns with their pasture lands were given to the
priests, the descendants of Aaron.
The rest of the Koho clan from the tribe of Levi was allotted.
The following towns and pasture lands from the tribe of Fram Shechem in the
hill country of Fram, a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone.
Geezer, Kiza and Beth Horan.
Four towns.
The following towns and pasture lands were allotted to the priests
from the tribe of Dan Tika Gibbon.
Lon and G Riman.
Four towns.
The half tribe of Manassa allotted the following towns with their
pasture lands to the priests, teak and gath riman two towns.
So in all 10 towns with their pasture lands were given to the rest of the
ified clan, the descendants of Gershen.
Another clan within the tribe of Levi.
Received the following towns with their pasture lands from the half tribe of
Manassa Golan in basin, a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone.
And B.
Ura two towns from the tribe of Iscar.
They received the following towns with their pasture lands,
Kian, DRAF, Darmouth, and Ganim.
Four towns.
From the tribe of Asher, they received the following towns with their pasture lands.
Maal, Abdon, hell, calf, and Reha four towns from the tribe of Naftali.
They received the following towns with their pasture lands.
Kadesh in Galilee, a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone.
Moff door and Caran three towns.
So in all 13 towns with their pasture lands were allotted to the clan of Gersen.
The rest of the Levites, the Marra clan, were given the following towns with
their pasture lands from the tribe of Zebulon, JOM, Karta, Demna, and Neal.
Four towns from the tribe of Reuben, they received the following
towns with their pasture lands.
Beezer, JHAs.
Mov and Mefe four towns from the tribe of Gadd.
They received the following towns with their pasture lands.
Ray Moth in Gilead, a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone,
Mehm, Heshbon, and Zer four towns.
So in all 12 towns were allotted to the clan of Marra.
The total number of towns and pasture lands within Israelite territory
given to the Levites came to 48.
Every one of these towns had pasture lands surrounding it.
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors,
and they took possession of it and settled there, and the Lord gave them
rest on every side, just as he had solemnly promised their ancestors.
None of their enemies could stand against them for the Lord, help them conquer
all their enemies, not a single one.
Of all the good promises the Lord had given to the family
of Israel was left unfulfilled.
Everything he had spoken came true.
Then Joshua called together the tribes of Reuben Gadd and the Half Tribe of Manassa.
He told them.
You have done as Moses, the servant of the Lord commanded you, and
you have obeyed every order I have given you during all this time.
You have not deserted the other tribes.
You have been careful to obey the commands of the Lord your God, right
up to the present day, and now the Lord your God has given the other
tribes rest as he promised them.
So go back home to the land that Moses, the servant of the Lord,
gave you as your possession on the east side of the Jordan River.
But be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions
that Moses gave to you.
Love the Lord your God.
Walk in all his ways, obey his commands.
Hold firmly to him and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.
So Joshua blessed them and sent them away and they went home.
Moses had given the land of Basin east of the Jordan River
to the half tribe of Manassa.
The other half of the tribe was given land west of the Jordan.
As Joshua sent them away and blessed them, he said to them, go back to your
homes with the great wealth you have taken from your enemies, the vast herds of
livestock, the silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and the large supply of clothing.
Share the plunder with your relatives.
So the men of Reuben Gadd and the half tribe of Manassa left the rest of
Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
They started the journey back to their own land of Gilead.
The territory that belonged to them, according to the
Lord's command through Moses.
But while they were still in Canaan, and when they came to a place called Glo near
the Jordan River, the men of Reuben Gadd and the half tribe of Manassa stopped
to build a large and imposing altar.
The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben Gadd and the half tribe of
Manassa had built an altar at Galof at the edge of the land of Canaan on
the west side of the Jordan River.
So the whole community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and prepared to go to war
against them First, however, they sent a delegation led by Phineas, son of
Eliezer, the priest to talk with the tribes of Reuben Gadd and the half tribe
of Manasses in this delegation were 10 leaders of Israel, one from each of
the 10 tribes and each the head of his family within the clans of Israel when
they arrived in the land of Gilead.
They said to the tribes of Reuben Gadd and the Half Tribe of Manasseh, the whole
community of the Lord demands to know why you are betraying the God of Israel.
How could you turn away from the Lord and build an altar for
yourselves in rebellion against him?
Was our sin at pr not enough?
To this day, we are not fully cleansed of it, even after the plague that
struck the entire community of the Lord.
And yet today you are turning away from following the Lord.
If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with all of us tomorrow.
If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the
Lord's land where the tabernacle of the Lord is situated and share our land with
us, but do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar other than
the one true altar of the Lord our God.
Didn't divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel?
When Aiken, a member of the Clan of Zero sinned by stealing the things
set apart for the Lord, he was not the only one who died because of his sin.
Then the people of Reuben Gadd and the half tribe of Manassa answered the
heads of the clans of Israel, the Lord.
The mighty one is God.
The Lord the mighty one is God.
He knows the truth and may Israel know it too.
We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord.
If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.
If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from the Lord or to offer burnt
offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings, may the Lord himself punish us.
The truth is we have built this altar because we fear that in the future,
your descendants will say to ours, what right do you have to worship the Lord?
The God of Israel?
The Lord has placed the Jordan River as a barrier between our people
and you people of Reuben and Gadd.
You have no claim to the Lord, so your descendants may prevent our
descendants from worshiping the Lord.
So we decided to build the altar.
Not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a memorial, it will remind our
descendants and your descendants that we too have the right to worship the Lord at
his sanctuary With our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings, then
your descendants will not be able to say to ours, you have no claim to the Lord.
If they say this, our descendants can reply.
Look at this copy of the Lord's altar that our ancestors made.
It is not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.
It is a reminder of the relationship both of us have with the Lord far, be
it from us to rebel against the Lord or turn away from him by building
our own altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices.
Only the altar of the Lord, our God that stands in front of the tabernacle, may be
used for that purpose when Phineas, the priest and the leaders of the community.
The heads of the clans of Israel heard this from the tribes of Reuben
Gadd and the half tribe of Manassa.
They were satisfied.
Phineas, son of Eliezer, the priest replied to them Today, we know
the Lord is among us because you have not committed this treachery
against the Lord as we thought.
Instead, you have rescued Israel from being destroyed by the hand of the Lord.
Then Phineas, son of Eliezer, the priest and the other leaders, left
the tribes of Reen and Gadd in Gilead and returned to the land of Canaan to
tell the Israelites what had happened.
And all the Israelites were satisfied and praised God and
spoke no more of war against Reen.
And Gadd.
The people of Reuben and Gadd named the altar Witness for, they said it
is a witness between us and them.
The Lord is our God too.
This concludes today's immerse reading experience.
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