Joshua 22:6

And Joshua blessed them, and he sent them away. And they returned 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

5And may you continue to observe attentively, and to work to fulfill, the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed to you, so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments, and cling to him, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

7Now to the one half tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a possession in Bashan. And therefore, to the one half that was left over, Joshua gave a lot among the remainder of their brothers across the Jordan, in the western region. And when he had blessed them and dismissed them to their tents,

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Cross References

Genesis 14:19he blessed him, and he said: “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth.

Genesis 47:10And blessing the king, he went outside.

Joshua 14:13And Joshua blessed him, and he delivered Hebron to him as a possession.

Joshua 24:28And he dismissed the people, each one to their own possession.

1 Samuel 10:25Then Samuel spoke to the people the law of the kingdom, and he wrote it in a book, and he stored it in the sight of the Lord. And Samuel dismissed all the people, each one to his own house.

2 Samuel 6:18And when he had completed offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

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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