1 Joshua sent for the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
2 He said to them, "You have done everything that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded. You have also obeyed everything I commanded.
3 For a long time now you haven't deserted the other Israelites. Instead, you have done what the Lord your God sent you to do. You have obeyed him to this very day.
4 "Now the Lord your God has given the other tribes peace and rest. That's what he promised to do. So return to your homes. They are in the land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you. It's on the east side of the Jordan River.