¹ Then^▵ Joshua called the Reubenite and the Gadite and the half tribe of Manasseh,

² and he said to^▵ them, You^◦ have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice as to all that I commanded you.

³ You have not forsaken your brothers these many days, even·​·to this day, and have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.

⁴ And now Jehovah your God has given rest to your brothers, as^◦ He spoke to them, and now turn· your ·face and go to^▵ your tents, to the land of your possession^◦ which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you across the Jordan.

⁵ Only take·​·heed exceedingly to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk^◦ in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and to stick to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

⁶ And Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to^▵ their tents.

⁷ And to the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh Moses had given an inheritance in Bashan; but to its other half Joshua gave an inheritance with their brothers from across the Jordan toward the sea. And when^◦ Joshua also sent· them ·away to^▵ their tents, then he blessed them.

⁸ And he said to^▵ them, saying, Return with many stores to^▵ your tents, and with very much livestock, with silver, and with gold, and with bronze and with iron, and with very much raiment; part the spoil of your enemies with^▵ your brothers.

⁹ And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh returned and went from being with^◦ the sons of Israel from Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to^▵ the land of Gilead, to^▵ the land of their possession^◦, of which they had·​·possession^◦, by^◦ the mouth of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.

¹⁰ And they came to^▵ the boundaries of the Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh built there an altar by^◦ the Jordan, a great altar in appearance.

¹¹ And the sons of Israel heard of it, saying, Behold, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh have built an altar next·​·to the land of Canaan, on the boundaries of the Jordan, at^▵ the crossing of the sons of Israel.

¹² And the sons of Israel heard, and all the congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh, to go·​·up against them with an army.

¹³ And the sons of Israel sent to^▵ the sons of Reuben, and to^▵ the sons of Gad, and to^▵ the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh, unto^▵ the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

¹⁴ and ten chiefs with him, one chief, one chief^* for the house of a father for all the tribes of Israel; and each·​·man^◦ the head of the house of their fathers were they^◦, for the thousands of Israel.

¹⁵ And they came to^▵ the sons of Reuben and to^▵ the sons of Gad, and to^▵ the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh, to^▵ the land of Gilead, and they spoke with^◦ them, saying,

¹⁶ Thus says all the congregation of Jehovah: What trespass is this that you have trespassed against the God of Israel, to turn·​·back this day from after Jehovah, in your building an altar for yourselves, that you might revolt this day against Jehovah?

¹⁷ Is the iniquity of Peor too·​·little for us, from which we are· not ·clean until this day, and there was the plague which struck in the congregation of Jehovah,

¹⁸ and you^◦ have turned·​·back today from after Jehovah? And it will be that you^◦ will revolt today against^◦ Jehovah, and tomorrow He will be·​·enraged toward^▵ all the congregation of Israel.

¹⁹ Only^▵, if the land of your possession^◦ be unclean, cross· ye ·over to^▵ the land of the possession^◦ of Jehovah, which the Habitation of Jehovah inhabits, and take·​·possession^◦ in our midst; and revolt not against^◦ Jehovah, and revolt not against us, in your building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God.

²⁰ Did not Achan the son of Zeraḥ trespass a trespass in the devoted·​·thing^*, and there was a rage against all the congregation of Israel? And not only this^◦ one man^◦ expired in his iniquity.

²¹ And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh answered and spoke with^◦ the heads of the thousands of Israel:

²² The God^◦ of gods is Jehovah. The God^◦ of gods is Jehovah, He^◦ knows, and Israel, he^◦ shall know, if in revolt and if in trespass against^◦ Jehovah, you will save us not this day,

²³ for building an altar for ourselves to turn·​·back from after Jehovah. And if to offer·​·up on it a burnt·​·offering and a gift·​·offering, and if to make on it sacrifices of peace·​·offerings, Jehovah Himself^◦ will seek it out.

²⁴ And if we have not out of anxiety about this thing done this, saying, Tomorrow your sons might say to our sons, saying, What have you with Jehovah God of Israel?

²⁵ And Jehovah has given the Jordan as a border between us and you, ye sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you have^◦ no part in Jehovah; and your sons shall make our sons cease from fearing Jehovah.

²⁶ And we said, Let us now^◦ do this thing for us, so as to build an altar, not for burnt·​·offering, nor for sacrifice:

²⁷ but^◦ it^◦ shall be a witness between us and you and our generations after us, to serve the service of Jehovah before Him, with our burnt·​·offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace-offerings; that your sons may not say to our sons tomorrow, You have no part in Jehovah.

²⁸ And we said, Then it shall be, when^◦ they say so to^▵ us or to^▵ our generations tomorrow, that we may say, See the shape of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt·​·offering, nor for sacrifice; but^◦ it^◦ is a witness between us and you.

²⁹ Far·​·be·​·it from us that we should revolt against Jehovah, and turn·​·back this day from after Jehovah to build an altar for burnt·​·offering, for gift·​·offering, and for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before the Habitation.

³⁰ And Phinehas the priest, and the chiefs of the congregation, and the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with^◦ him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, and it was·​·good in their eyes.

³¹ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to^▵ the sons of Reuben, and to^▵ the sons of Gad, and to^▵ the sons of Manasseh, Today we know that Jehovah is in our midst, that you have not trespassed this trespass against^◦ Jehovah; at·​·this·​·time^▵ you have rescued the sons of Israel from the hand of Jehovah.

³² And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the sons of Reuben, and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto^▵ the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought them word again.

³³ And the word was·​·good in the eyes of the sons of Israel; and the sons of Israel blessed God and said that they would not go·​·up against them with the army to destroy the land in which^◦ the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad dwelt.

³⁴ And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar, It^◦ is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

² "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

³ This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass,

⁴ blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,

⁵ rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

⁶ oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

⁷ onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

⁸ Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

⁹ According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

¹⁰ "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

¹¹ You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

¹² You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and Two rings on the other side of it.

¹³ You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

¹⁴ You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

¹⁵ The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

¹⁶ You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.

¹⁷ You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

¹⁸ You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

¹⁹ Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

²⁰ The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

²¹ You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

²² There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

²³ "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.

²⁴ You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

²⁵ You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.

²⁶ You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

²⁷ the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

²⁸ You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

²⁹ You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.

³⁰ You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

³¹ "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

³² There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;

³³ three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;

³⁴ and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

³⁵ and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

³⁶ Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

³⁷ You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

³⁸ Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

³⁹ It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

⁴⁰ See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.