Joshua 22:3
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.
Joshua 22:3 in other translations
| BSB | All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God. |
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| WEB | You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of the LORD your God. |
| ASV | ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God. |
| YLT | ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and have kept the charge--the command of Jehovah your God. |
| DARBY | Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and ye have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God. |
| BBE | You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God. |
| Webster | Ye have not left your brethren these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. |
What does Joshua 22:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 22:1-9
Joshua dismisses the tribes with good counsel. Those who have the commandment have it in vain, unless they do the commandment; and it will not be done aright unless we take diligent heed. In particular to love the Lord our God, as the best of beings, and the best of friends; and as far as that principle rules in the heart, there will be constant care and endeavour to walk in his ways, even those that are narrow and…
Joshua 22:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 22:3
- Philippians 1:23-27
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. …
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Context
- Joshua 22:2
And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
- Joshua 22:3
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.
- Joshua 22:4
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.
Joshua 22:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No habéis dejado á vuestros hermanos en estos muchos días hasta hoy, antes habéis guardado la observancia de los mandamientos de Jehová vuestro Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | vous n’avez pas abandonné vos frères pendant ce long temps, jusqu’à ce jour, et vous avez gardé ce que l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, vous a commandé de garder. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr habt eure Brüder nicht verlassen diese lange Zeit bis auf diesen Tag, und habt das Gebot Jehovas, eures Gottes, beobachtet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nec reliquistis fratres vestros longo tempore, usque in præsentem diem, custodientes imperium Domini Dei vestri. |