because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families,<n id="1" /> the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho,<n id="1" /> toward the sunrise.&#8221;p>

Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the<n id="1" /> twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he<n id="1" /> also rescued his two wives.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;It did no good for me to punish your people.p> <p class="poetry">They did not respond to such correction.p> <p class="poetry">You slaughtered your prophetsp> <p class="poetry">like a voracious lion.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Moab, you are doomed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed.p> <p class="poetry">Your sons will be taken away captive.p> <p class="poetry">Your daughters will be carried away into exile.<n id="2" />p>

They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt<n id="1" /> and stood before Joseph.

No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);<n id="1" /> they had to conquer all of them,<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The other half of Manasseh,<n id="1" /> Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan,<n id="2" /> just as Moses, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant, had assigned them.

<p class="poetry">Kings came, they fought;p> <p class="poetry">the kings of Canaan fought,p> <p class="poetry">at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="2" /> they took no silver as plunder.p>

They also took the pots, shovels,<n id="1" /> trimming shears,<n id="2" /> pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.<n id="3" />

So tell them: &#8216;This is a nation that has not obeyed the <sc>Lordsc> their God and has not accepted correction. Faithfulness is nowhere to be found in it. These people do not even profess it anymore.<n id="1" />

They also took the pots, shovels,<n id="1" /> trimming shears,<n id="2" /> basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.<n id="3" />

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest;<n id="1" /> you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me,<n id="2" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious<n id="1" /> among women, and they executed judgments against her.p>

<p class="poetry">They crafted<n id="1" /> all your planks out of fir trees from Senir;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.p>

Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment!<n id="1" /> They have taken some of the riches;<n id="2" /> they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.<n id="3" />

But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" /> Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land<n id="2" /> east of the Jordan which Moses the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant assigned them.&#8221;p>