About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
About forty thousand men prepared for war crossed the Jordan before the Lord to battle on the plains of Jericho, and these were armed men from Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh. In crossing they were fulfilling their pledge to go with the other tribes in battle until Israel had entered the land. After years of fighting together and sharing in the spoils, they returned to their own inheritance on the east side of the Jordan.
About forty thousand men prepared for war crossed the Jordan before the Lord to battle on the plains of Jericho, and these were armed men from Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh. In crossing they were fulfilling their pledge to go with the other tribes in battle until Israel had entered the land. After years of fighting together and sharing in the spoils, they returned to their own inheritance on the east side of the Jordan.