Joshua 22:5
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.
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.
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.
7 (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
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- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- WEB
- Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded 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.”
- ASV
- Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- DARBY
- Only, take great heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- BLB
- Only greatly take heed to do the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you⁺, to love YHWH your⁺ God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your⁺ heart and with all your⁺ soul.”
- ÅB
- Men gi nøye akt på å holde det bud og den lov Moses, Herrens tjener, gav dere, å elske Herren deres Gud og å vandre på alle hans veier og holde hans bud og holde fast ved ham og tjene ham av alt deres hjerte og av all deres sjel.
- OTB
- Vær svært nøye med å holde budet og loven som Moses, Herrens tjener, ga dere: å elske Herren deres Gud, å vandre på alle Hans veier, å holde Hans bud, å holde fast ved Ham, og å tjene Ham av hele deres hjerte og av hele deres sjel."
- B1930
- Men gi nøie akt på å holde det bud og den lov Moses, Herrens tjener, gav eder, å elske Herren eders Gud og å vandre på alle hans veier og holde hans bud og holde fast ved ham og tjene ham av alt eders hjerte og av all eders sjel.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 22:37
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Read in contextExodus 20:6
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Read in contextRomans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Read in contextExodus 15:26
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:22
For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
Read in contextJohn 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Read in contextMatthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Read in contextJoshua 24:14–15
Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
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