So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
- BSB So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
- 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 14:13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
- Luke 24:50And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
- Gen 47:7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Exod 39:43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
- 2 Sam 6:18And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
- Josh 22:7–8Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
- Gen 47:10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
- Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
- Gen 14:19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
- 1 Sam 2:20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
- 2 Sam 6:20Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
- 2 Chr 30:18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
- Heb 7:6–7But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that 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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