Joshua 22:15-20

Joshua 22:15-20

[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,  and they spake  with them, saying,  [16] Thus saith  the whole congregation  of the LORD,  is this that ye have committed  against the God  of Israel,  to turn away  this day  from following  the LORD,  in that ye have builded  you an altar,  that ye might rebel  this day  against the LORD?  [17] Is the iniquity  of Peor  too little  for us, from which we are not cleansed  until this day,  although there was a plague  in the congregation  of the LORD,  [18] But that ye must turn away  this day  from following  the LORD?  and it will be, seeing ye rebel  to day  against the LORD,  that to morrow  he will be wroth  with the whole congregation  of Israel.  [19] Notwithstanding,  if the land  of your possession  be unclean,  then pass ye over  unto the land  of the possession  of the LORD,  tabernacle  dwelleth,  and take possession  among  us: but rebel  not against the LORD,  nor  rebel  against us, in building  you an altar  beside  the altar  of the LORD  our God.  [20] Did not Achan  the son  of Zerah  commit  a trespass  in the accursed thing,  and wrath  fell  on all the congregation  of Israel?  and that man  perished  not alone  in his iniquity.