Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh — Joshua's summons of the eastern tribes initiates the dismissal scene. These three tribes, having fought with western Israel throughout the conquest (Numbers 32:20-32), now prepare to return to their Transjordanian inheritance. Their covenant obligation to the conquest fulfilled, they are released from military service.

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