Translations
Modern
…saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
Traditional
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.
Literal
…and spoke to them, saying, “With great riches return to your tents, and with very much livestock, with silver, and with gold, and with bronze, and with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”
Latin
…dixit ad eos: In multa substantia atque divitiis revertimini ad sedes vestras, cum argento et auro, ære ac ferro, et veste multiplici: dividite prædam hostium cum fratribus vestris.
Original
Hebrew
English
…saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
Notes
The 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.
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
Glossary
Joshua, Book of Manasseh, Tribe of Minerals and Metals Tribe of Dan
Topics
Brass: A Mineral of Canaan Copper Brass: Taken in War: Often in Great Quantities Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Aid in the Conquest of the Region West of the Jordan River Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Wealth of, in Cattle, and Spoils the Tribe of Reuben: Dismissed by Joshua After the Conquest of Canaan