Joshua 22 · Verse 4

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 22:4, King James Version

Joshua 22:4 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEBNow the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan.
ASVAnd now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
YLT‘And, now, Jehovah your God hath given rest to your brethren, as He spake to them; and now, turn ye, and go for yourselves to your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses, servant of Jehovah, hath given to you beyond the Jordan.
DARBYAnd now Jehovah your God hath given rest to your brethren, as he said unto them; and now return, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
BBEAnd now the Lord your God has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back to your tents, to the land of your heritage, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you on the other side of Jordan.
WebsterAnd now the LORD your God hath given rest to your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and go to your tents, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of Jordan.

What does Joshua 22:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 22:4-7
4-7. get you unto your tents--that is, home; for their families had been left in fortified towns (Nu 32:17).

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…

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Joshua 22:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
הֵנִ֨יחַhe.Ni.achhe has given restH5117
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
לַֽאֲחֵיכֶ֔םla.'a.chei.Khemto countrymen yourH251
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berhe spokeH1696
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
וְעַתָּ֡הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
פְּנוּ֩pe.NuturnH6437
וּלְכ֨וּu.le.Khuand goH1980
לָכֶ֜םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
לְאָהֳלֵיכֶ֗םle.'o.ho.lei.Khemto tents yourH168
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retz[the] land ofH776
אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֔ם'a.chu.zat.Khempossession yourH272
אֲשֶׁ֣ר\׀'a.SherwhichH834
נָתַ֣ןna.Tanhe gaveH5414
לָכֶ֗םla.Khemto <the> you
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
עֶ֣בֶד'E.ved[the] servant ofH5650
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּעֵ֖בֶרbe.'E.veron [the] other side ofH5676
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן\׃hai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 22:4

  • Numbers 32:18

    We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

  • Joshua 13:8

    With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;

  • Deuteronomy 3:20

    Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

  • Numbers 32:33-42

    And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. …

  • Joshua 21:43-44

    And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

  • Joshua 13:15-14:5

    And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon, And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, …

  • Deuteronomy 3:1-17

    Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. …

  • Deuteronomy 12:9

    For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.

  • Deuteronomy 29:8

    And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
given rest.
21:43,44; De 12:9
get.
13:8,15-33; 14:1-5; Nu 32:33-42; De 3:1-17; 29:8

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Context

  • 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 22:5

    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.

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Joshua 22:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ahora pues que Jehová vuestro Dios ha dado reposo á vuestros hermanos, como se lo había prometido, volved, y tornad á vuestras tiendas, á la tierra de vuestras posesiones, que Moisés siervo de Jehová os dió de la otra parte del Jordán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et maintenant, l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, a donné du repos à vos frères, comme il le leur avait dit. Et maintenant, retournez et allez dans vos tentes, dans le pays de votre possession, que Moïse, serviteur de l’ Éternel, vous a donné de l’autre côté du Jourdain.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nun hat Jehova, euer Gott, euren Brüdern Ruhe geschafft, wie er zu ihnen geredet hat; und nun wendet euch und ziehet nach euren Zelten, in das Land eures Eigentums, welches Mose, der Knecht Jehovas, euch jenseit des Jordan gegeben hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
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: