¹¹ When the Israelis heard about it, they announced, “Look here, the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have constructed an altar in Canaan’s frontier district of the Jordan River, on the side apportioned to the Israelis.” ¹² When the Israelis heard that announcement,^[a] the entire community of the Israelis gathered together at Shiloh in preparation for war.

¹³ Then the Israelis sent a delegation^[b] to the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead. They sent^[c] Eleazar’s son Phinehas the priest,