The Great Altar

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh . . .  And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see it. Joshua 22:9, 10 Israel had entered its inheritance. The enemy had fallen before them wherever they met them in battle. They had...