Good afternoon, everyone!
Today I read Joshua 22-24.
Joshua lets the tribes who settled beyond the Jordan return to their homes, since the fighting is now over: Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh.
Once the tribes get there, they build an altar to God.
The other tribes think they're not planning to return to God's tabernacle to make sacrifices, that they're planning to turn away from God (which got a lot of Israelites in trouble). So, they head over to talk to them. Armed.
The tribes beyond the Jordan explain, however, that the altar is only symbolic. A reminder to both sides of where they came from, and a reminder to the main group of tribes not to forget their brothers across the Jordan, or to exclude them from the temple of the Lord.
So the scuffle is prevented.
Now, we reach the end of Joshua's life. He addresses the Israelites, and reviews their history, reminding them of all God has done for them, and charging them with remaining faithful to Him.
Then Joshua died. He was one hundred and ten years old. They buried him.
And then they buried the bones of Joseph, which they had brought up from Egypt.
Then Eleazar, Aaron's son, the priest, died.
And thus ends the book of Joshua.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Judges 1-2.
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