New American Standard Bible 2020
Joshua 22:5
5Only be very careful to 1follow the commandment and the Law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to 2love the Lord your God and walk in all His ways, and keep His commandments and cling to Him, and serve Him 3with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Joshua 22:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- New International Version (NIV)But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
- New King James Version (NKJV)But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Context of Joshua 22:5
3You have not abandoned your brothers these many days to this day, but have fulfilled the obligation of the commandment of the Lord your God. 4And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; therefore turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan. Only be very careful to follow the commandment and the Law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God and walk in all His ways, and keep His commandments and cling to Him, and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” 6So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents. 7Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua gave a possession among their brothers westward beyond the Jordan. So when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he also blessed them,
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רַ֣ק׀ שִׁמְר֣וּ מְאֹ֗ד לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת אֶת־הַמִּצְוָ֣ה וְאֶת־הַתּוֹרָה֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה אֶתְכֶם֮ מֹשֶׁ֣ה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה֒ לְ֠אַהֲבָה אֶת־יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֜ם וְלָלֶ֧כֶת בְּכָל־דְּרָכָ֛יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֹתָ֖יו וּלְדָבְקָה־ב֑וֹ וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶ֖ם וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
- beשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- followעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- the commandmentמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- and the Lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- the servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- and walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
- in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- His waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
- and clingדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692
- to Him, and serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
- your heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
- your soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
Cross-references for Joshua 22:5
- Exodus 15:26And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
- Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
- Deuteronomy 11:22For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and cling to Him,
- 1 Chronicles 28:7I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’
- Psalms 106:3How blessed are those who maintain justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!
- Psalms 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, That we are to keep them diligently.
- Proverbs 4:23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
- Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance.
- Jeremiah 12:16Then, if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ just as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people.
- Hebrews 6:11And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
- 2 Peter 1:5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
- Exodus 20:6but showing favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
- Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Deuteronomy 10:12“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Commentaries on Joshua 22:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5But take diligent heed, etc. - Let us examine the force of this excellent advice; they must ever consider that their prosperity and continued possession of the land depended on their fidelity and obedience to God; to this they must take diligent heed. Do the commandment - They must pay the strictest regard to every moral precept. And the law - They must observe all the rites and ceremonies of their holy religion. Love the Lord your God - Without an…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5all your heart and with all your soul: See Deuteronomy 6:5.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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- 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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