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Deuteronomy 3:20

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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.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

KJV

Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 3

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

At that time I commanded you

on Deuteronomy 3:18-20

The eastern tribes hold their land on terms, and their fighting men must cross armed ahead of their brothers. Their settlement waits on the nation's: "until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you".

This site's exposition

until the LORD gives rest to your brothers

The release comes in the last sentence, and each man may return to the possession given him once the western tribes hold theirs. Joshua repeats these terms to the eastern tribes at Joshua 1:13-15, before the crossing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It ill becomes an Israelite to be selfish, and to prefer any private interest before the public welfare. When we are rest we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עַ֠דuntil

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יָנִ֨יחַhe will give rest

    yaniachH5117 →142 times

  • יְהוָ֥ה׀Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם֮to countrymen your

    laacheikhemH251 →630 times

  • כָּכֶם֒like you

    kakhem

  • וְיָרְשׁ֣וּand they will take possession of

    veyareshuH3423 →231 times

  • גַם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • הֵ֔םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאָ֕רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יְהוָ֧הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛םGod your

    ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times

  • נֹתֵ֥ן[is] about to give

    notenH5414 →2011 times

  • לָהֶ֖םto them

    lahem

  • בְּעֵ֣בֶרon [the] other side of

    beeverH5676 →90 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • וְשַׁבְתֶּ֗םand you will return

    veshavtemH7725 →1056 times

  • אִ֚ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹto possession his

    lirushatoH3425 →14 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֖תִּיI have given

    natatiH5414 →2011 times

  • לָכֶֽם׃to you

    lakhem

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 33:14And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”10 works1 Kings 8:56“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.6 worksNumbers 32:22then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.4 worksJoshua 22:4And 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.3 worksGenesis 14:5In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,2 worksJeremiah 12:15But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 22:8saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 22:8

    saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”

    it leads to

    • Numbers 31:27

      Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.

    • 1 Samuel 30:24

      Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

    • Deuteronomy 8:9–14

      a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

    • Deuteronomy 8:17–18

      You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

    • Proverbs 3:16

      Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

  • Through

    Joshua 22:4

    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…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 32:18

      We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.

    • Joshua 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…

    • Joshua 13:15

      This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 3 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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