22:1 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh 22:2 and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. 1 22:3 You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites 2 this entire time, 3 right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God. 4 22:4 Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, 5 just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes 6 in your own land 7 which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan. 22:5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love 8 the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, 9 obey 10 his commands, be loyal to him, 11 and serve him with all your heart and being!” 12
1 tn Heb “You have kept all which Moses, the
2 tn Heb “your brothers” (also in vv. 4, 7), but this does not refer to siblings or necessarily even to relatives. It refers to the Israelites of the remaining tribes.
3 tn Heb “these many days.”
4 tn Heb “you have kept the charge of the command of the
5 tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”
6 tn Heb “tents.”
7 tn Heb “the land of your possession.”
8 tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the
9 tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”
10 tn Or “keep.”
11 tn Heb “hug him.”
12 tn Or “soul.”