Joshua 22:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 When the Israelites heard this, they assembled at Shiloh, as the entire Israelite community to take military action against them.[a]
Accusation of the Western Tribes. 13 The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead,(A) 14 and with him ten leaders, one from each tribe of Israel, each one the head of an ancestral house among the clans of Israel.
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- 22:12 To take military action against them: the western Israelites considered this altar, which seemed to violate the customary unity of the sanctuary (cf. Lv 17:1–9; Dt 12:4–14), as constituting rebellion against the Lord and compromising national unity.
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