MPV Commentary

The explanation gave perfect satisfaction to the deputies, and it elicited from them expressions of unbounded joy and thankfulness. They acknowledged that the Lord was among them, manifesting His gracious presence and preventing goodness by keeping them from falling into the suspected sin and rescuing the nation from the calamity of a fratricidal war or providential judgments.

This episode reflects honor on all parties and demonstrates that piety and zeal for God's honor and worship animated the people entering Canaan to an extent far beyond what was exemplified in many other periods of Israel's history.