Joshua 22:6
in Joshua 22So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
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ASV
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.
KJV
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
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This verse in Joshua 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
So Joshua blessed them
on Joshua 22:6-8
The spoil is shared with those who stayed behind, the rule of Numbers 31:27 after Midian that David made permanent at 1 Samuel 30:24-25. Verse 7 explains the split in Manasseh: Moses gave half the tribe Bashan (Numbers 32:33; Deuteronomy 3:13), and Joshua gave the other half land west of the river. Joshua blesses them twice and ends by sharing the spoil with men who were absent.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
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
), particularly the half tribe of Manasseh, to which Joshua, as an Ephraimite, was somewhat nearer akin than to the other two, and who perhaps were the more loth to depart because they left one half of their own tribe behind them, and therefore, bidding often farewell, and lingering behind, had a second dismission and blessing,
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away,.... Dismissed them from his presence with a blessing, in order to go to their own country; this he did by wishing them well, praying to God for a blessing on them, their persons, and families, who had been so useful in assisting their brethren to get possession of the land of Canaan.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם | vayvarekhem | and he blessed them | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם | vayshalechem | and he sent away them | H7971 → | 845 times |
| וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃ ס | ʾoholeihem | tents their | H168 → | 345 times |
וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖םand he blessed them
vayvarekhemH1288 →330 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔םand he sent away them
vayshalechemH7971 →845 times
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃ סtents their
ʾoholeihemH168 →345 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Exodus 39:43And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
it leads to
- Numbers 6:23–27
“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 9:22–23
Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 8:14
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
- 2 Samuel 6:18
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
- Numbers 6:23–27
Through
Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
it leads to
- Judges 1:20
Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
- 1 Chronicles 6:55–56
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.
- Judges 1:20
Through
Genesis 47:7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
it leads to
- Genesis 47:10
Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
- Genesis 47:10
Through
Luke 24:50When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
it leads to
- Acts 1:12
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
- Acts 1:12
About Joshua
Who and where
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 26.2.