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Joshua 22:4
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua addresses the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh immediately after they complete their military service in Canaan and before they cross back to their eastern inheritance.
The words — The Hebrew הֵנִיחַ (he.Ni.ach) literally means "he has given rest," and וְ/עַתָּ֗ה (ve./'a.Tah) translates as "and now," marking the precise moment God's promised cessation of conflict is declared complete.
The thread — The linkage between divine rest, shared land possession, and conditional dismissal runs through Numbers 32:18, Joshua 13:8, and Deuteronomy 3:20, where eastern tribal commitments are consistently tied to their brothers' settlement.
Why it lands — The text establishes that personal transition requires prior fulfillment of covenant promises and communal obedience, demanding readers verify God's completed word before acting on their own departure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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 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.
- Deuteronomy 3:1 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.
- 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 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
- Joshua 21:43 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.