And the children  of Reuben  and the children  of Gad  and the half  tribe  of Manasseh  returned , and departed   from the children  of Israel  out of Shiloh, which is in the land  of Canaan, to go   unto the country  of Gilead, to the land  of their possession, whereof they were possessed , according to the word  of the LORD  by the hand  of Moses.