... > 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) > a punitive expedition, led by Eleazar's son Phinehas, comes to Gilead and accuses them of rebellion against God