Joshua 22:3
in Joshua 22All 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.
KJV
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.
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This verse in Joshua 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites
on Joshua 22:1-3
The promise kept here was made at Numbers 32:20-22, where these tribes agreed to cross armed before the Lord until every tribe had its inheritance. Commentators reckon the service from Caleb's figures at 14:7 and 14:10, forty at the spying and eighty-five now, which leaves about seven years of war.
This site's exposition
kept the charge given you
Moses gave this charge at Deuteronomy 3:18-20, ordering the men of valor to cross armed ahead of their brothers until the LORD gave them rest. Genesis 26:5 uses the same phrase of Abraham, who kept the LORD's charge. Joshua counts their war service as that obedience.
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 Awakening1 voice
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day,....
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם | ʾazavtem | you have forsaken | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲחֵיכֶ֗ם | ʾacheikhem | countrymen your | H251 → | 630 times |
| זֶ֚ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| יָמִ֣ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| רַבִּ֔ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֕ם | ushemartem | and you have kept | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִשְׁמֶ֕רֶת | mishmeret | [the] charge of | H4931 → | |
| מִצְוַ֖ת | mitzvat | [the] commandment of | H4687 → | 181 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
עֲזַבְתֶּ֣םyou have forsaken
ʾazavtemH5800 →215 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲחֵיכֶ֗םcountrymen your
ʾacheikhemH251 →630 times
זֶ֚הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
יָמִ֣יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
רַבִּ֔יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֕םand you have kept
ushemartemH8104 →468 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִשְׁמֶ֕רֶת[the] charge of
mishmeretH4931 →
מִצְוַ֖ת[the] commandment of
mitzvatH4687 →181 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃God your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Joshua
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); 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.