06:022:014 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince
           throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head
           of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

06:022:015 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,

06:022:016 Thus saith the whole congregation of the lord, What trespass
           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?

06:022:017 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,

06:022:018 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.

06:022:019 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean,
           then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the lord,
           wherein the LORD’s 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.

06:022:020 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.

06:022:021 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
           half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of
           the thousands of Israel,

06:022:022 The lord God of gods, the lord God of gods, he knoweth, and
           Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in
           transgression against the lord, (save us not this day,)

06:022:023 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the
           lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering,
           or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the lord himself
           require it;

06:022:024 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing,
           saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our
           children, saying, What have ye to do with the lord God of
           Israel?

06:022:025 For the lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye
           children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the
           lord:  so shall your children make our children cease from
           fearing the lord.