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Joshua 22:4

in Joshua 22

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

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.

This verse in Joshua 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the LORD your God has given your brothers rest

on Joshua 22:4-5

Rest is the word the book has moved toward, promised at Deuteronomy 12:9-10, offered these tribes at 1:13-15 and given at 21:44. Hebrews 4:8 takes it up, where the King James spells Joshua's name as Jesus: had he given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day. Verse 5 stacks five verbs, love, walk, keep, hold fast and serve, from Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12 and 11:22.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 26.2 · Written before 253.

proposed

After these things Jesus [Joshua] assembles the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, who had served as soldiers with him to overcome the foes of the Israelites, and he dismisses them to go to their inheritance with certain gifts given to them, as it is written.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Tho' their affections to their families could not but make them very desirous to return, yet like good soldiers, they would not move 'till they had orders from their general. So, tho' we desire to be at home with Christ ever so much, yet we must stay here till our warfare is accomplished, wait for a due discharge, and not anticipate the time of our removal.
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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.

  • וְעַתָּ֗הand now

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • הֵנִ֨יחַhe has given rest

    heniachH5117 →142 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙God your

    ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times

  • לַֽאֲחֵיכֶ֔םto countrymen your

    laacheikhemH251 →630 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • דִּבֶּ֣רhe spoke

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • לָהֶ֑םto <the> them

    lahem

  • וְעַתָּ֡הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • פְּנוּ֩turn

    penuH6437 →135 times

  • וּלְכ֨וּand go

    ulekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • לָכֶ֜םfor <the> yourselves

    lakhem

  • לְאָהֳלֵיכֶ֗םto tents your

    leoholeikhemH168 →345 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֶ֙רֶץ֙[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֔םpossession your

    ʾachuzatkhemH272 →66 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֣ןhe gave

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • לָכֶ֗םto <the> you

    lakhem

  • מֹשֶׁה֙Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • עֶ֣בֶד[the] servant of

    ʾevedH5650 →799 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּעֵ֖בֶרon [the] other side of

    beeverH5676 →90 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃the Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

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

The walk

6 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 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…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 12:6

      Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

    • Joshua 4:12

      The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.

    • Deuteronomy 3:12–17

      So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with…

    • Numbers 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…

  • Through

    Numbers 32:18

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

    it leads to

    • Joshua 22:1–5

      Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 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…

    it leads to

    • 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.”

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 26.2.