So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went home.
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.
- 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.
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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 14:13Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
- Luke 24:50He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
- Gen 47:7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Exod 39:43Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
- 2 Sam 6:18When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.
- Josh 22:7–8Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
- Gen 47:10Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
- Luke 2:34and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
- Gen 14:19He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
- 1 Sam 2:20Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.
- 2 Sam 6:20Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the servants of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
- 2 Chr 30:18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone
- Heb 7:6–7but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has 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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