Sending the Two and One Half Tribes Home

Home is where the heart is. Certainly, the hearts of the armies of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh were focus on home now the conquest was over. They had come to fight beside their brothers seven long years before, leaving their wives, little ones, and homes on the other side of the Jordan. “I wonder how little Esther and Eli looks today. Are they a lot bigger? Will they even know me when I get back? And my wife, how will she respond when I walk in the door? We are going home. Can you believe it? Going home!”