Joshua 22:11 meaning and explanation

Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

Joshua 22:11, Berean Standard Bible

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The report reaches the western tribes at Shiloh, where the tabernacle stood. The two and a half tribes settled east of the Jordan had just been sent home with Joshua's blessing, and now word arrives that they built a large altar at Geliloth, near the Jordan on the Israelite side.

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