Joshua 22:2

2 and said to them, Ye have heard all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and ye have hearkened to my voice in all that he commanded you.

Joshua 22:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 22:2

And said unto them, ye have kept all that Moses the servant of
the Lord commanded you
Which was, that they should leave their wives and children, and flocks, and herds, behind them in the land of Gilead, and pass over Jordan, with their brethren the children of Israel armed, and fight with them, and for them, until the Canaanites were subdued, and not return until their brethren were peaceably settled in the possession of their inheritances; all which they had punctually observed, and inviolably kept, as they agreed to, ( Numbers 32:1-42 ) ;

and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you;
as the generalissimo and commander in chief of the Israelitish forces; as what rank and position to be in, what part to take in an engagement, what attack to make, when and where, or on what expedition to go; wherever he ordered them to go, they went; and upon whatsoever and wheresoever he sent them, they readily and cheerfully obeyed, as they promised, ( Joshua 1:16 Joshua 1:17 ) ; and approved themselves as good soldiers under him; for all which he commends them, and gives them military honour.

Joshua 22:2 In-Context

1 Then Joshua called together the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse,

2 and said to them, Ye have heard all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and ye have hearkened to my voice in all that he commanded you.

3 Ye have not deserted your brethren these many days: until this day ye have kept the commandment of the Lord your God.

4 And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as he told them: now then return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side Jordan.

5 But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.