New King James Version
Joshua 22:8
8and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much riches to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.”
Joshua 22:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
- New International Version (NIV)saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth—with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing—and divide the plunder from your enemies with your fellow Israelites.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)he said to them, "Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers."
- New Living Translation (NLT)he said to them, “Go back to your homes with the great wealth you have taken from your enemies—the vast herds of livestock, the silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and the large supply of clothing. Share the plunder with your relatives.”
Context of Joshua 22:8
6So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents. 7Now to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half of it Joshua gave a possession among their brethren on this side of the Jordan, westward. And indeed, when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much riches to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.” 9So the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 10And when they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan—a great, impressive altar.
Read all of Joshua 22Joshua 22:8 word by word
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר בִּנְכָסִ֨ים רַבִּ֜ים שׁ֤וּבוּ אֶל־אָֽהֳלֵיכֶם֙ וּבְמִקְנֶ֣ה רַב־מְאֹ֔ד בְּכֶ֨סֶף וּבְזָהָ֜ב וּבִנְחֹ֧שֶׁת וּבְבַרְזֶ֛ל וּבִשְׂלָמ֖וֹת הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד חִלְק֥וּ שְׁלַל־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֖ם עִם־אֲחֵיכֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he spakeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- with muchרַבrab · manyH7227
- richesנֶ֫כֶסnekes · wealthH5233
- unto your tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- and with veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- cattleמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735
- with silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- and with goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- and with brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- and with ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
- muchרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- raimentשַׂלְמָהώalmâh · garmentH8008
- divideחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
- the spoilשָׁלָלshâlâl · spoilH7998
- of your enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
- with your brethrenאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
Cross-references for Joshua 22:8
- Deuteronomy 8:9a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
- 2 Chronicles 17:5Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items;
- Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- Hebrews 11:26esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
- Numbers 31:27and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
- 1 Samuel 30:24For who will heed you in this matter? But as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike.”
- Psalms 68:12“Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home divides the spoil.
Commentaries on Joshua 22:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Return with much riches - It appears they had their full proportion of the spoils that were taken from the Canaanites, and that these spoils consisted in cattle, silver, gold, brass, iron, and raiment. Divide the spoil - with your brethren - It was right that those who stayed at home to defend the families of those who had been in the wars, and to cultivate the ground, should have a proper proportion of the spoils taken from the enemy, for had they not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The great wealth was the share of the trophies of war of these tribes from the cities Israel had captured. Divide with your brothers: While most of the fighting men helped the rest of Israel, some men remained to protect the women, children, and herds.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches--in cattle, clothes, and precious metals. divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren--(See on Nu 31:25-39).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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