Joshua 1:15

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

until Yahweh have given your brothers rest, as [he has given] you, and they also have possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.

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יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם֙

yᵉrushshâh

H3425

“inheritance · your”

Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural

Appears 14× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Deuteronomy 2:5

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3423

TWOT: 920b

possession, inheritance

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

31: words
20: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

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

Shared distinctive vocabulary

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

Grammatical profile

6 verbs
14 nouns
1 pronoun
4 prepositions
1 adverb
5 particles

Verb forms

יָנִ֨יחַ Hiphil · Imperfect
וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ Qal · Sequential Perfect
נֹתֵ֣ן Qal · Participle Active
וְשַׁבְתֶּ֞ם Qal · Sequential Perfect
וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם Qal · Sequential Perfect
נָתַ֣ן Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

יְהוָ֥ה LORD H3068 ×3
וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ to inherit H3423 ×2
הָאָ֕רֶץ land H776 ×2
נֹתֵ֣ן to give H5414 ×2
אֲשֶׁר which H834 ×3

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 52 words from the Hebrew and 46 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 31 Hebrew tokens and 45 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

Topical passages linked to Joshua 1:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Philippians 2:4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Numbers 32:17–22 but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Joshua 22:4–9 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.
1 Corinthians 12:26 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Philippians 1:21–26 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Joshua 1:15 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

עַ֠ד אֲשֶׁר יָנִ֨יחַ יְהוָ֥ה לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם֮ כָּכֶם֒ וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ גַם הֵ֔מָּה אֶת הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם נֹתֵ֣ן לָהֶ֑ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֞ם לְאֶ֤רֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם֙ וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אוֹתָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֗ם מֹשֶׁה֙ עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֔ה בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרַ֥ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ

until Yahweh have given your brothers rest, as [he has given] you, and they also have possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.

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Greek LXX Joshua 1:15 Septuagint · lemma form

ἕως ἄν καταπαύω κύριος ὁ θεός σύ ὁ ἀδελφός σύ ὥσπερ καί σύ καί κληρονομέω καί οὗτος ὁ γῆ ὅς κύριος ὁ θεός ἐγώ δίδωμι αὐτός καί ἀποἔρχομαι ἕκαστος εἰς ὁ κληρονομία αὐτός ὅς δίδωμι σύ μωυσῆς εἰς ὁ πέραν ὁ ἰορδάνης ἀπό ἀνατολή ἥλιος

until the Lord your God shall have given your brethren rest, as also to you, and they also shall have inherited the land, which the Lord your God gives them; then you⌃ shall depart each one to his inheritance, which Moses gave you beyond Jordan eastward.

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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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

עַד דִינִיחַ יְיָ לַאֲחוּכוֹן כְּוַתְכוֹן וְיֵירְתוּן אַף אִינוּן יַת אַרְעָא דַייָ אֱלָהָכוֹן יָהֵיב לְכוֹן וּתְתוּבוּן לְאַרַע יְרוּתַתְכוֹן וְתֵירְתוּן יָתָהּ דִיהַב לְכוֹן מֹשֶׁה עַבְדָא דַייָ בְּעִבְרָא דְיַרְדְנָא מַדְנַח שִׁמְשָׁא:

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Joshua 1:15 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 →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Jos 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as [he hath given] you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

Ver. 15. Until the Lord have given your brethren rest.] Whose welfare you are to tender no less than your own.

“ Et toti genitos vos credere genti. ”

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

By your request, but yet by God’s secret appointment, Deut. 33:21.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15. Toward the sun-rising.] This is the EAST, as toward the going down of the sun signifies the WEST.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Until the Lord hath given your brethren rest, as he hath given you,.... Rest from their travels, as they had:

and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: are settled in the land of Canaan, as they were on that side Jordan:

then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it; the countries of Sihon and Og, they were put into the possession of:

which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan, toward the sunrising; the land, given to them lay to the east of Jordan.

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

Beyond. The same expression is translated on this side, ver. 14. Hebrew beheber means also, "in the passage." If we have regard to Josue, when he spoke this, he was beyond, that is on the east side of the river, though perhaps (Haydock) he might be on the other side when he wrote the history, Deuteronomy i. 1. (Calmet)

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).

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

15. Until the Lord have given — Observe how early Joshua inculcates the idea of national unity. Perhaps he already had forebodings of the alienation of the eastern from the western tribes, in consequence of the deep trench of the Jordanic valley, the modern Ghor. It is an historic fact that this geographic insulation caused the eastern tribes to cherish a national feeling far less intense than that which animated their western brethren. Reuben, “unstable as water,” (Gen_49:4,) in consequence of his separation from the main body of the nation became a roving Bedouin tribe.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

The sun rises. Refering to the eastern side of the Jordan.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Joshua, in the Historical, opens this verse with 31 words (20 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

How does “inheritance” (yᵉrushshâh) shape what this verse is saying?
How does Deuteronomy 2:5, which shares the word «inheritance», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “LORD” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
«יָנִ֨יחַ» is a Hiphil Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 31 Hebrew ↔ 45 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 25 words in this verse.
“LORD” occurs 3× in this single verse.
20 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 31 words in this verse.