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... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > the book of Joshua (Josue) > the division of Canaan > after the conquest of Canaan the eastern tribes are dismissed (Joshua 22) > at Gilead, at the borders of the Jordan, the two and a half tribes build a large altar (Reubenites, Gadites, half of Manasseh's tribe) > an agreement is reached: the altar built at the borders of the Jordan is only an altar of testimony

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71E54622an agreement is reached: the altar built at the borders of the Jordan is only an altar of testimony  

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  • altar
  • bible
  • Canaan
  • commemoration
  • dividing
  • Gilead
  • Israelites
  • Jordan (river)
  • Joshua
  • Joshua 22
  • negotiating
  • Old Testament
  • river
  • treaty

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