Joshua 22:4

4 The LORD your God has now given rest to your fellow Israelites, exactly as he promised them. So turn around and go back home. Go to the land where you hold property, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

Joshua 22:4 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 22:4

And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren,
as he promised them
As in ( Joshua 21:44 ) ; see ( Deuteronomy 12:9 Deuteronomy 12:10 ) ;

therefore now return ye, and get ye unto your tents;
not their military tents in the army, from which they now came to Joshua, but their houses, as the Greek version, and their cities, as the Targum; they having been so long used to tents in the wilderness, and during the wars in Canaan, this was a familiar word for their dwellings:

[and] unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the
Lord gave you, on the other side Jordan;
before his death, on condition of doing what they now had done; even the land of Gilead and Bashan, beyond Jordan.

Joshua 22:4 In-Context

2 He said to them, "You obeyed everything that Moses the LORD's servant commanded you. You have also obeyed me in everything that I have commanded you.

3 During these many years, you never once deserted your fellow Israelites. You faithfully obeyed the command of the LORD your God.

4 The LORD your God has now given rest to your fellow Israelites, exactly as he promised them. So turn around and go back home. Go to the land where you hold property, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

5 Just be very careful to carry out the commandment and Instruction that Moses the LORD's servant commanded you. Love the LORD your God. Walk in all his ways and obey his commandments. Hold on to him and serve him with all your heart and being."

6 Then Joshua blessed them. He sent them away, and they went home.