Joshua 22:3
1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
2 and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
4 And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
5 But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
- KJV
- Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
- WEB
- You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of the LORD your God.
- ASV
- ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.
- DARBY
- Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and ye have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.
- BLB
- You⁺ have not left your⁺ brothers these many days up to this day, and you⁺ have kept the charge of the commandment of YHWH your⁺ God.
- ÅB
- Dere har ikke sviktet deres brødre i denne lange tid, like til denne dag, men dere har tatt vare på alt det Herren deres Gud har befalt dere å vareta.
- OTB
- I lang tid nå har dere ikke forlatt deres brødre, men har oppfylt den plikt som Herren deres Gud befalte.
- B1930
- I har ikke sviktet eders brødre i denne lange tid, like til denne dag, men I har tatt vare på alt det Herren eders Gud har befalt eder å vareta.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 1:23–27
I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
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