Joshua 22:25 meaning and explanation

For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.

Joshua 22:25, Berean Standard Bible

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These are the words of the eastern tribes, Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh, explaining to Phinehas and the Israelite chiefs why they built an altar by the Jordan. They feared the river, which Moses had set as the boundary of their inheritance, would let western Israelites tell their descendants they had no share in the LORD.

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