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āGo through the camp and tell the people, āGet your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.ā ā
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But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
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āRemember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you after he said, āThe LORD your God will give you rest by giving you this land.ā
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Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them