12. When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.
13. The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
14. He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.
15. They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them: