The last time we left off, the 2 1/2 half tribes had constructed a huge altar on the west bank of the Jordan River. Why? Because they were worried that since they’d no longer be living inside Canaan, they’d be abandoned by their brothers who were living inside Promised Land territory. What was the response […]

“When the descendants of Re’uven, the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe arrived in the area of the land of Kena‘an near the Yarden, they built an altar there by the Yarden, a large, impressive altar.”-Joshua 22:10 Let’s get into the shoes of the Trans-Jordanian tribes and really try to understand how they were feeling […]

Alrighty, by all appearances, it would seem like we’ve got a nice farewell party going on here in Joshua 22 between the 2 1/2 tribes who would be returning to their homes on the eastern side of the Jordan River and the 9 1/2 tribes who would remain inside the Promised Land. Underneath all of […]

“(To the one half-tribe of M’nasheh, Moshe had given an inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half, Y’hoshua gave one among their kinsmen on the west side of the Yarden.) When Y’hoshua sent them away to their tents he blessed them, saying, “Return with great riches to your tents — with very much livestock, […]

“Now Adonai your God has given rest to your kinsmen, as he told them he would. So you too, return to your tents in the land which is your possession, which Moshe the servant of Adonai gave you beyond the Yarden.”-Joshua 22:4 Verse 4 provides us a perfect example of what we need to be […]