Joshua 22:4

Translations

Modern

And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And YHWH your God has given rest to your brothers as He promised to them, and now return and go for yourselves to your tents and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave to you on the other side of the Jordan.

Latin

Quia igitur dedit Dominus Deus vester fratribus vestris quietem et pacem, sicut pollicitus est: revertimini, et ite in tabernacula vestra, et in terram possessionis, quam tradidit vobis Moyses famulus Domini trans Jordanem:

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English

And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.

Notes

Joshua 22:4–6

Joshua'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.

Joshua 22:1–24:33

Israel completed the conquest and allotment of the land, but much of the hard work of actually settling it still lay ahead. However, all that remained for Joshua in his role as leader of Israel was to say goodbye.

Joshua 22:1–34

Joshua first said goodbye to the tribes east of the Jordan River when he sent them home. As usual, he urged them to remain loyal to God.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Related verses

Numbers 32:18
We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
Joshua 13:8
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
Deuteronomy 3:20
…until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
Numbers 32:33–42
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
Joshua 21:43–44
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
Deuteronomy 29:8
We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:15–14:5
This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
Deuteronomy 3:1–17
Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
Deuteronomy 12:9
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Places

Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history

Glossary

Joshua, Book of Manasseh, Tribe of Reuben, Tribe of Tribe of Dan

Topics

Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Aid in the Conquest of the Region West of the Jordan River Reubenites: Assist the Other Tribes in Conquest of the Region West of the Jordan River The Promises of God: Subjects of Entering Into Rest the Tribe of Reuben: Dismissed by Joshua After the Conquest of Canaan

Joshua 22:4

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