The Dismissal of the Two and a half Tribes

Joshua now sends home the two tribes and a half with a blessing. Joshua acknowledges their obedience to Moses and to his own commands, and further that they had faithfully stood by their brethren and kept the commandments of God. And now Jehovah had given rest to the others, they might return to their tents in the land of their possession already given to them by Moses beyond the Jordan. To this he adds the admonition that they should continue to observe the commandments, to serve God in...