To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua. — The reference to Numbers 32 explains this order. We have only to observe that these two tribes and a half were not forbidden to leave a sufficient number of their fighting men to protect their homes and families. (See on Joshua 4:12.)
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Joshua 1:12
12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,