Deuteronomy 3:20

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Deuteronomy 3:20 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    until Yahweh causes your brothers, as you, to have rest. And they will possess, they also, the land that Yahweh your God is giving to them across the Jordan. And you will return, man, to his inheritance that I have given to you.’

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    until the LORD give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God giveth them beyond Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Vntill the Lord haue giuen rest vnto your brethren as vnto you, and that they also possesse the lande, which the Lord your God hath giuen them beyond Iorden: then shall ye returne euery man vnto his possession, which I haue giuen you.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given to you: and they also possess the land, which he will give them beyond the Jordan: then shall every man return to his possession, which I have given you.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    till that Jehovah give rest to your brethren like yourselves, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God is giving to them beyond the Jordan, then ye have turned back each to his possession, which I have given to you.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    until YHWH gives rest to your brothers like yourselves, and they also have possessed the land which your God YHWH is giving to them beyond the Jordan; then you have each turned back to his possession which I have given to you.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    until Yahweh gives rest to your brothers, as he has to you, until they also possess the land that Yahweh your God is giving them beyond the Jordan; then will you return, every man of you, to your own property that I have given you.'
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    until Yahweh causes your brothers, as you, to have rest. And they will possess, they also, the land that Yahweh your God is giving to them across the Jordan. And you will return, man, to his inheritance that I have given to you.’
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    until Jehovah give rest to your brethren, as well as to you, and they also take possession of the land that Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan; then shall ye return, each man to his possession, which I have given you.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    until the LORD gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then you shall each return to his own possession, which I have given you.”
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Until the LORD shall have given rest to your brethren, as well as to you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man to his possession which I have given you.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    until the Lord gives victory to your fellow Israelites and they have peace, just as he has for you, after taking over the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan. Then you can all return to the land I have given you to own.”
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Till the Lord has given rest to your brothers as to you, and till they have taken for themselves the land which the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of Jordan: then you may go back, every man of you, to the heritage which I have given you.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    until the LORD give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God giveth them beyond the Jordan; then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

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לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹ
yᵉrushshâh
H3425
“to/for · inheritance · his”
Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Preposition + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3423

TWOT: 920b

possession, inheritance
  1. עַ֠ד ʻad H5704 “until” Preposition
  2. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  3. יָנִ֨יחַ nûwach H5117 “to rest” Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  4. יְהוָ֥ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  5. לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם֮ ʼâch H251 “to/for · brothers · your” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural
  6. וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ yârash H3423 “and · to inherit” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  7. גַם gam H1571 “also” Adverb
  8. הֵ֔ם hêm H1992 “they” Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  9. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  10. הָאָ֕רֶץ ʼerets H776 “the · land” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  11. אֲשֶׁ֨ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  12. יְהוָ֧ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  13. אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s) · your” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural
  14. נֹתֵ֥ן nâthan H5414 “giving” Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  15. בְּעֵ֣בֶר ʻêber H5676 “in/at · side of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  16. הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן Yardên H3383 “the · Jordan” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Proper
  17. וְשַׁבְתֶּ֗ם shûwb H7725 “and · to return” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural
  18. אִ֚ישׁ ʼîysh H376 “man” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  19. אֲשֶׁ֥ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  20. נָתַ֖תִּי nâthan H5414 “to give” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular

About this verse

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24
words
17
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹ inheritance H3425 — appearing just 14 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹ inheritance H3425 occurs in 12 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 5 verbs
  • 9 nouns
  • 1 pronoun
  • 4 prepositions
  • 1 adverb
  • 4 particles

Verb forms

  • יָנִ֨יחַ Hiphil · Imperfect
  • וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • נֹתֵ֥ן Qal · Participle Active
  • וְשַׁבְתֶּ֗ם Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • נָתַ֖תִּי Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • יְהוָ֥ה LORD H3068 ×2
  • נֹתֵ֥ן to give H5414 ×2
  • אֲשֶׁר which H834 ×3

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 39 words from the Hebrew and 50 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 24 Hebrew tokens and 42 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Deuteronomy 3:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Joshua 22:4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them: therefore now turn you, and get you to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
  • Joshua 22:8 and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Deuteronomy 3:20 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

עַ֠ד אֲשֶׁר יָנִ֨יחַ יְהוָ֥ה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם֮ כָּכֶם֒ וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ גַם הֵ֔ם אֶת הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם נֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְשַׁבְתֶּ֗ם אִ֚ישׁ לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לָכֶֽם

until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Deuteronomy 3:20 Septuagint · lemma form

ἕως ἄν καταπαύω κύριος ὁ θεός σύ ὁ ἀδελφός σύ ὥσπερ καί σύ καί κατακληρονομέω καί οὗτος ὁ γῆ ὅς κύριος ὁ θεός ἐγώ δίδωμι αὐτός ἐν ὁ πέραν ὁ ἰορδάνης καί ἐπι ἀναστρέφω ἕκαστος εἰς ὁ κληρονομία αὐτός ὅς δίδωμι σύ

until the Lord your God give your brethren rest, as also he has given to you, and they also shall inherit the land, which the Lord our God gives them on the other side of Jordan; then you⌃ shall return, each one to his inheritance which I have given you.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    עַד דִי יְנִיחַ יְיָ לַאֲחֵיכוֹן כְּוָתְכוֹן וְיֵרְתוּן אַף אִנוּן יָת אַרְעָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן יָהֵב לְהוֹן בְּעִבְרָא דְיַרְדְנָא וּתְתוּבוּן גְבַר לִירֻתְּתֵהּ דִי יְהָבִית לְכוֹן

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    עַד זְמַן דִּינִיחַ יְיָ לַאֲחוּכוֹן כְּוַותְכוֹן וְיֵירְתוּן אוּף הִינוּן יַת אַרְעָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן יָהִיב לְכוֹן וּתְתוּבוּן גְּבַר לִירוּתָתֵיהּ דִּיהָבִית לְכוֹן

    until the time when the Lord will have given rest to your brethren as to you, that they also may possess that land which the Lord your God hath conferred upon you; then shall you return every one to his inheritance which I have given you.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Deuteronomy 3:20 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

20. until the Lord give rest] So Deu_12:10; Deu_25:19, the deuteronomic Jos_1:13; Jos_1:15; Jos_21:44; Jos_22:4; Jos_23:1, and not elsewhere in the Hex. in this sense, though the verb occurs in other meanings.

beyond Jordan] The standpoint of the speaker correctly observed as in Deu_3:25.

unto his possession] See Deu_2:5.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And I commanded Joshua at that time,.... After the conquest of the two kings, and the assignment of their countries to the above tribes; and after Moses had it made known to him that he should quickly die, and Joshua should be his successor; then, by the direction of God, he gave him the following charge:

saying, thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings; Sihon and Og; how their kingdoms were taken from them, and given to Israel, and they slain with the sword; this Joshua was an eyewitness of, and was, no doubt, greatly concerned in the battles with them, being the general in the Israelitish armies; at least this was sometimes his post, and he cannot be thought to have been unemployed in these wars:

so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest; all the kingdoms in the land of Canaan, where there were many, thirty one at least; these would be all conquered and put into the hands of the Israelites, and their kings slain.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Rest. Abulensis says, this took place only 14 years after. (Menochius)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Rest; a peaceable and fixed possession.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Deuteronomy, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 24 words (17 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is yᵉrushshâh (“inheritance”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word yᵉrushshâh carries the sense “inheritance.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Deuteronomy 2:5 shares the word «inheritance» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “LORD” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. The verb «יָנִ֨יחַ» is Hiphil Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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