Joshua 22:6

Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.

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In The King James Version

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

In Context

5Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.

7Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a heritage in Bashan; but to the other half, Joshua gave a heritage among their brothers on the west side of Jordan. Now when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he gave them his blessing,

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Cross References

Genesis 14:19And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

Genesis 47:10And Jacob gave Pharaoh his blessing, and went out from before him.

Joshua 14:13And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.

Joshua 24:28Then Joshua let the people go away, every man to his heritage.

1 Samuel 10:25Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

2 Samuel 6:18And after David had made the burned offerings and the peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord of armies.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 22:2-10

The Reubenites, Gadites, and Half Tribe of Manasseh Dismissed. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God. 4 And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised… Read the whole commentary →

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