Joshua 22:4

New Century Version

The Lord your God promised to give the Israelites peace, and he has kept his promise. Now you may go back to your homes, to the land that Moses, the Lord’s servant, gave you, on the east side of the Jordan River.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:18

David said to them, “The Lord your God is with you. He has given you rest from our enemies. He has handed over to me the people living around us. The Lord and his people are in control of this land.

Exodus 33:14

The Lord answered, “I myself will go with you, and I will give you victory.”

Numbers 32:18

and we will not return home until every Israelite has received his land.

Deuteronomy 12:9

You have not yet come to a resting place, to the land the Lord your God will give you as your own.

Deuteronomy 29:8

We captured their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh to be their own.

Deuteronomy 3:20

until the Lord also gives your Israelite relatives a place to rest. They will receive the land the Lord your God has given them on the other side of the Jordan River. After that, you may each return to the land I have given you.”

Hebrews 4:8

We know that Joshua did not lead the people into that rest, because God spoke later about another day.

Joshua 1:15

The Lord has given you a place to rest and will do the same for your brothers. But you must help them until they take the land the Lord their God is giving them. Then you may return to your own land east of the Jordan River, the land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you.”

Joshua 12:6

The Lord’s servant Moses and the Israelites defeated all these kings, and Moses gave that land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to East Manasseh as their own.

Joshua 13:15

Moses had given each family group from the tribe of Reuben some land:

Joshua 13:8

East Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had received their land. The Lord’s servant Moses had given them the land east of the Jordan River.

Joshua 22:3

For a long time you have supported the other Israelites. You have been careful to obey the commands the Lord your God gave you.