Joshua 22:15

15 These leaders went to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said:

Joshua 22:15 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 22:15

And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the
children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of
Gilead
The deputation came thither; they either sent for the chiefs among the two tribes and a half, to meet them at some place, or they, having a notion of their coming, assembled together to receive them, and hear what they had to say to them:

and they spake with them, saying;
as follows; very probably Phinehas was the mouth of the whole, for there could be but one speaker.

Joshua 22:15 In-Context

13 The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.

14 They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his family group of Israelites.

15 These leaders went to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said:

16 "All the Israelites ask you: 'Why did you turn against the God of Israel by building an altar for yourselves? You know that this is against God's law.

17 Remember what happened at Peor? We still suffer today because of that sin, for which God made many Israelites very sick.