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Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the
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Day 100 and 71

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then the leaders of the tribe of Levi
came to consult with Eliezer, the

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priest, Joshua son of none, and the
leaders of the other tribes of Israel.

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They came to them at Shiloh in the land
of Canaan and said The Lord commanded

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Moses to give us towns to live in
and pasture lands for our livestock.

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So by the command of the Lord, the
people of Israel gave the Levites

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the following towns and pasture lands
out of their own grants of land.

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The descendants of Aaron, who were
members of the Coha clan within the

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tribe of Levi were allotted 13 towns
that were originally assigned to the

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tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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The other families of the coed Klan were
allotted 10 towns from the tribes of

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Efraim, Dan and the half tribe of Manassa.

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The Klan of Gershen was allotted 13 towns
from the tribes of Iscar, Asher Naftali,

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and the half tribe of Manassa in Basin.

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The Klan of Marra was allotted
12 towns from the tribes

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of Reen, Gadd, and Zebulon.

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So the Israelites obeyed the Lord's
command to Moses and assigned these

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towns and pasture lands to the
Levites by casting sacred lots.

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The Israelites gave the following towns
from the tribes of Judah and Simeon to

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the descendants of Aaron who were members
of the coed clan within the tribe of Levi

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since the sacred lot fell to them first.

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Kieth Aba.

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That is Hebron in the hill
country of Judah, along with

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its surrounding pasture lands.

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Arba was an ancestor of Anac.

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But the open fields beyond the town and
the surrounding villages were given to

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Caleb's son of Giana as his possession.

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The following towns with their pasture
lands were given to the descendants of

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Aaron the priest, Hebron, a city of refuge
for those who accidentally killed someone.

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Lib na chatter, esa Hoon, deber.

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Jata and Beth Mish.

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Nine towns from these two tribes
from the tribe of Benjamin.

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The priests were given the following
towns with their pasture lands, Gibbon,

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GBA, Aneth, and Alman four towns.

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So in all 13 towns with their
pasture lands were given to the

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priests, the descendants of Aaron.

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The rest of the Koho clan from
the tribe of Levi was allotted.

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The following towns and pasture lands
from the tribe of Fram Shechem in the

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hill country of Fram, a city of refuge
for those who accidentally killed someone.

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Geezer, Kiza and Beth Horan.

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Four towns.

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The following towns and pasture
lands were allotted to the priests

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from the tribe of Dan Tika Gibbon.

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Lon and G Riman.

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Four towns.

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The half tribe of Manassa allotted
the following towns with their

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pasture lands to the priests,
teak and gath riman two towns.

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So in all 10 towns with their pasture
lands were given to the rest of the

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ified clan, the descendants of Gershen.

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Another clan within the tribe of Levi.

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Received the following towns with their
pasture lands from the half tribe of

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Manassa Golan in basin, a city of refuge
for those who accidentally killed someone.

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And B.

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Ura two towns from the tribe of Iscar.

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They received the following
towns with their pasture lands,

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Kian, DRAF, Darmouth, and Ganim.

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Four towns.

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From the tribe of Asher, they received the
following towns with their pasture lands.

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Maal, Abdon, hell, calf, and Reha
four towns from the tribe of Naftali.

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They received the following
towns with their pasture lands.

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Kadesh in Galilee, a city of refuge for
those who accidentally killed someone.

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Moff door and Caran three towns.

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So in all 13 towns with their pasture
lands were allotted to the clan of Gersen.

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The rest of the Levites, the Marra clan,
were given the following towns with

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their pasture lands from the tribe of
Zebulon, JOM, Karta, Demna, and Neal.

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Four towns from the tribe of
Reuben, they received the following

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towns with their pasture lands.

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Beezer, JHAs.

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Mov and Mefe four towns
from the tribe of Gadd.

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They received the following
towns with their pasture lands.

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Ray Moth in Gilead, a city of refuge for
those who accidentally killed someone,

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Mehm, Heshbon, and Zer four towns.

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So in all 12 towns were
allotted to the clan of Marra.

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The total number of towns and pasture
lands within Israelite territory

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given to the Levites came to 48.

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Every one of these towns had
pasture lands surrounding it.

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So the Lord gave to Israel all the land
he had sworn to give their ancestors,

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and they took possession of it and
settled there, and the Lord gave them

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rest on every side, just as he had
solemnly promised their ancestors.

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None of their enemies could stand against
them for the Lord, help them conquer

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all their enemies, not a single one.

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Of all the good promises the
Lord had given to the family

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of Israel was left unfulfilled.

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Everything he had spoken came true.

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Then Joshua called together the tribes of
Reuben Gadd and the Half Tribe of Manassa.

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He told them.

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You have done as Moses, the servant
of the Lord commanded you, and

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you have obeyed every order I have
given you during all this time.

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You have not deserted the other tribes.

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You have been careful to obey the
commands of the Lord your God, right

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up to the present day, and now the
Lord your God has given the other

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tribes rest as he promised them.

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So go back home to the land that
Moses, the servant of the Lord,

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gave you as your possession on
the east side of the Jordan River.

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But be very careful to obey all
the commands and the instructions

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that Moses gave to you.

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Love the Lord your God.

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Walk in all his ways, obey his commands.

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Hold firmly to him and serve him with
all your heart and all your soul.

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So Joshua blessed them and sent
them away and they went home.

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Moses had given the land of
Basin east of the Jordan River

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to the half tribe of Manassa.

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The other half of the tribe was
given land west of the Jordan.

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As Joshua sent them away and blessed
them, he said to them, go back to your

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homes with the great wealth you have
taken from your enemies, the vast herds of

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livestock, the silver, gold, bronze, and
iron, and the large supply of clothing.

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Share the plunder with your relatives.

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So the men of Reuben Gadd and the
half tribe of Manassa left the rest of

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Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

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They started the journey back
to their own land of Gilead.

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The territory that belonged
to them, according to the

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Lord's command through Moses.

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But while they were still in Canaan, and
when they came to a place called Glo near

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the Jordan River, the men of Reuben Gadd
and the half tribe of Manassa stopped

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to build a large and imposing altar.

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The rest of Israel heard that the people
of Reuben Gadd and the half tribe of

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Manassa had built an altar at Galof
at the edge of the land of Canaan on

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the west side of the Jordan River.

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So the whole community of Israel gathered
at Shiloh and prepared to go to war

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against them First, however, they sent
a delegation led by Phineas, son of

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Eliezer, the priest to talk with the
tribes of Reuben Gadd and the half tribe

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of Manasses in this delegation were
10 leaders of Israel, one from each of

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the 10 tribes and each the head of his
family within the clans of Israel when

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they arrived in the land of Gilead.

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They said to the tribes of Reuben Gadd
and the Half Tribe of Manasseh, the whole

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community of the Lord demands to know
why you are betraying the God of Israel.

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How could you turn away from
the Lord and build an altar for

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yourselves in rebellion against him?

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Was our sin at pr not enough?

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To this day, we are not fully cleansed
of it, even after the plague that

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struck the entire community of the Lord.

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And yet today you are turning
away from following the Lord.

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If you rebel against the Lord today, he
will be angry with all of us tomorrow.

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If you need the altar because the land you
possess is defiled, then join us in the

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Lord's land where the tabernacle of the
Lord is situated and share our land with

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us, but do not rebel against the Lord or
against us by building an altar other than

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the one true altar of the Lord our God.

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Didn't divine anger fall on
the entire community of Israel?

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When Aiken, a member of the Clan of
Zero sinned by stealing the things

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set apart for the Lord, he was not the
only one who died because of his sin.

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Then the people of Reuben Gadd and
the half tribe of Manassa answered the

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heads of the clans of Israel, the Lord.

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The mighty one is God.

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The Lord the mighty one is God.

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He knows the truth and
may Israel know it too.

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We have not built the altar in
treacherous rebellion against the Lord.

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If we have done so, do not
spare our lives this day.

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If we have built an altar for ourselves to
turn away from the Lord or to offer burnt

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offerings or grain offerings or peace
offerings, may the Lord himself punish us.

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The truth is we have built this altar
because we fear that in the future,

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your descendants will say to ours, what
right do you have to worship the Lord?

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The God of Israel?

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The Lord has placed the Jordan River
as a barrier between our people

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and you people of Reuben and Gadd.

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You have no claim to the Lord, so
your descendants may prevent our

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descendants from worshiping the Lord.

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So we decided to build the altar.

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Not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,
but as a memorial, it will remind our

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descendants and your descendants that we
too have the right to worship the Lord at

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his sanctuary With our burnt offerings,
sacrifices, and peace offerings, then

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your descendants will not be able to say
to ours, you have no claim to the Lord.

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If they say this, our
descendants can reply.

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Look at this copy of the Lord's
altar that our ancestors made.

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It is not for burnt
offerings or sacrifices.

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It is a reminder of the relationship
both of us have with the Lord far, be

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it from us to rebel against the Lord
or turn away from him by building

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our own altar for burnt offerings,
grain offerings, or sacrifices.

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Only the altar of the Lord, our God that
stands in front of the tabernacle, may be

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used for that purpose when Phineas, the
priest and the leaders of the community.

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The heads of the clans of Israel
heard this from the tribes of Reuben

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Gadd and the half tribe of Manassa.

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They were satisfied.

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Phineas, son of Eliezer, the priest
replied to them Today, we know

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the Lord is among us because you
have not committed this treachery

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against the Lord as we thought.

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Instead, you have rescued Israel from
being destroyed by the hand of the Lord.

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Then Phineas, son of Eliezer, the
priest and the other leaders, left

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the tribes of Reen and Gadd in Gilead
and returned to the land of Canaan to

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tell the Israelites what had happened.

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And all the Israelites were
satisfied and praised God and

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spoke no more of war against Reen.

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And Gadd.

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The people of Reuben and Gadd named
the altar Witness for, they said it

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is a witness between us and them.

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The Lord is our God too.

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This concludes today's
immerse reading experience.

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Thank you for joining us.