So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
- KJV So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
- NKJV So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.
- NASB So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.
- NLT So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went home.
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Quick answer
Joshua blesses the eastern tribes and sends them home. It shows leadership marked by both charge and blessing.
Overview
Having instructed them, Joshua pronounces a blessing over the departing tribes. This blend of exhortation and blessing reflects the heart of godly leadership, which both calls to obedience and commends to God's grace. The blessing of God's people foreshadows the fuller blessing secured in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Josh 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
- Luke 24:50When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
- Gen 47:7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Exod 39:43And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
- 2 Sam 6:18When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
- Josh 22:7–8(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
- Gen 47:10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
- Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
- Gen 14:19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- 1 Sam 2:20And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
- 2 Sam 6:20As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
- 2 Chr 30:18A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
- Heb 7:6–7But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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