Joshua 22:1-8

Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes

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 

22:6 Joshua rewarded ¹³  them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes. ¹⁴  22:7 (Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, ¹⁵  he rewarded ¹⁶  them, 22:8 saying, “Take home ¹⁷  great wealth, a lot of cattle, ¹⁸  silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of ¹⁹  clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”

[22:2]  ¹ tn Heb “You have kept all which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, and you have listened to my voice, to all which I commanded you.”

[22:3]  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.

[22:3]  ³ tn Heb “these many days.”

[22:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “you have kept the charge of the command of the Lord your God.”

[22:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”

[22:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “tents.”

[22:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “the land of your possession.”

[22:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “But be very careful to do the commandment and the law which Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded you, to love.”

[22:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “walk in all his paths.”

[22:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “keep.”

[22:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “hug him.”

[22:5]  ¹² tn Or “soul.”

[22:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “blessed.” However, see v. 8, where rewards are given.

[22:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and they went to their tents.”

[22:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to their tents.”

[22:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “blessed.”

[22:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “return to your tents with.”

[22:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “very many cattle.”

[22:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “very much clothing.”