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Fear of God: The Nine and One-Half Tribes of Israel West of the Jordan River Joshua 22:15–20

They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them, / “This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day? / Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.