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Joshua 22:4
4Now your brothers can live safely in the land, as the Lord promised them. So you can return to your homes on the other side of the Jordan River. Moses, the Lord's servant, gave that land to you.
Joshua 22:4 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)Now that the Lord your God has given them rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
Context of Joshua 22:4
2Joshua said, ‘You have done everything that Moses, the Lord's servant, told you to do. You have also obeyed everything that I told you to do. 3You have helped the other tribes for a long time now. You have stayed with them even until today. You have done all the work that the Lord your God gave you to do. Now your brothers can live safely in the land, as the Lord promised them. So you can return to your homes on the other side of the Jordan River. Moses, the Lord's servant, gave that land to you. 5But you must be very careful to obey the rules and the laws that Moses gave to you. You must love the Lord your God. You must obey the rules and commands that he has given to us. You must worship him and serve him with everything that you have.’ 6Joshua then blessed them and he sent them away to their homes.
Read all of Joshua 22Joshua 22:4 word by word
וְעַתָּ֗ה הֵנִ֨יחַ יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ לַֽאֲחֵיכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם וְעַתָּ֡ה פְּנוּ֩ וּלְכ֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם לְאָהֳלֵיכֶ֗ם אֶל־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֗ם מֹשֶׁה֙ עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֔ה בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And now the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- hath given restנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
- unto your brethrenאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
- as he promisedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
- them: therefore now returnפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
- ye, and getיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- you unto your tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- unto the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of your possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272
- which Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- the servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- you on the other sideעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: besideH5676
- Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
Cross-references for Joshua 22:4
- Joshua 21:43That is how the Lord gave the land to all the Israelite people. He had promised their ancestors that he would give the land to them. They took it from the people who had lived there, and then they lived there themselves.
- Deuteronomy 12:9You have not yet reached the place where you can rest. That is in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you as your home.
- Joshua 13:8Moses had already given land to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the other half of Manasseh. Their land was on the east side of the Jordan River. Moses, the Lord's servant, had given a piece of land to each tribe.
- Joshua 14:1Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the Israelite clans gave different parts of the land to each tribe of Israel. This tells about the land that each tribe received.
- Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to them all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, the king of Bashan. He gave to them the land with its towns and all the land round the towns. He gave it to the descendants of Gad and of Reuben and half of the tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh.
- Deuteronomy 3:1Then we turned and we went along the road towards Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, marched out with his whole army to attack us at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 29:8We took their land and we gave it to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh. That would be their new home.
Commentaries on Joshua 22:4
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Joshua's words remind us of God's words to him at the start of the conquest (1:1–9). To live in the land, Israel had to be true to God by carefully obeying all the commands and instructions given to Moses.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. get you unto your tents--that is, home; for their families had been left in fortified towns (Nu 32:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joshua 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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