Joshua 22:4
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.
3 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.
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.”
6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
- WEB
- Now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan.
- ASV
- And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
- DARBY
- And now Jehovah your God hath given rest to your brethren, as he said unto them; and now return, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
- BLB
- And YHWH your⁺ God has given rest to your⁺ brothers as He promised to them, and now return and go for yourselves to your⁺ tents [and] to the land of your⁺ possession, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave to you⁺ on the other side of the Jordan.
- ÅB
- Og nå har Herren deres Gud gitt deres brødre ro, slik som han hadde tilsagt dem; så vend nå om og dra til deres telt, til deres eget land, det som Moses, Herrens tjener, gav dere på andre siden av Jordan.
- OTB
- Nå som Herren deres Gud har gitt deres brødre hvile, som Han lovet, vend tilbake til teltene deres i det landet Moses, Herrens tjener, ga dere på den andre siden av Jordan.
- B1930
- Og nu har Herren eders Gud gitt eders brødre ro, således som han hadde tilsagt dem; så vend nu om og dra til eders telt, til eders eget land, det som Moses, Herrens tjener, gav eder på hin side Jordan.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 32:18
We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
Read in contextJoshua 13:8
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:20
until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
Read in contextNumbers 32:33–42
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
Read in contextJoshua 21:43–44
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
Read in contextJoshua 13:15–14:5
This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:1–17
Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:9
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
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