Joshua 22:6

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

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יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ

Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ

H3091

“Joshua”

Noun, Proper

Appears 218× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 17:9

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H3068 and H3467

TWOT: None

Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation" - son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan - a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it - son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration - governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem

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 →

6: words
6: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
2 nouns
1 preposition

Verb forms

וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם Piel · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם Piel · Sequential Imperfect
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 14 words from the Hebrew and 13 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.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Joshua 22:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Joshua 14:13 Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Luke 24:50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Genesis 47:7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Exodus 39:43 Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
2 Samuel 6:18 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Hosts.
Genesis 14:19 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis 47:10 Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Joshua 22:7–8 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,

1 Samuel 2:20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh. They went to their own home.
2 Samuel 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
2 Chronicles 30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon everyone
Luke 2:34 and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
Hebrews 7:6–7 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes of Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Joshua 22:6 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ אֶל אָהֳלֵיהֶֽם

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Joshua 22:6 Septuagint · lemma form

καί εὐλογέω αὐτός ἰησοῦς καί ἐκ ἀποστέλλω αὐτός καί πορεύομαι εἰς ὁ οἶκος αὐτός

And Joshua blessed them, and dismissed them; and they went to their homes.

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)

וּבָרְכִינוּן יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְשַׁלְחִינוּן וַאֲזַלוּ לְקִרְוֵיהוֹן:

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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 22:6 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.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Jos 22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

Ver. 6. So Joshua blessed them.] That is, He besought God to bless them, and so took a friendly farewell of them: they had both his benediction and his valediction at parting. Courtesy may very well stand with piety, so it be real and heart sprung.

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

He commanded them to God, and prayed for them.

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

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

6. So Joshua blessed them] Comp. (a) the blessing of the workers of the Tabernacle (Exo_39:43), and (b) the blessing of Caleb by Joshua (Jos_14:13).

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

Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan,.... The kingdom of Og, see Deu 3:13,

but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward: of which an account is given, and the border of their lot described, Jos 17:1,

and when Joshua sent them also unto their tents, then he blessed them; it seems as if this half tribe was separately dismissed and blessed, they being more nearly related to Joshua, who was of the tribe of Ephraim, and so had a more particular dismission and blessing; and he took his leave of them in a different and affectionate manner. Kimchi makes mention of a Derash, or Exposition of theirs, which says, that after they had taken leave they stayed two days, and returned and took leave a second time, and which he understands of them all, and not of the half tribe only; but it is plainly the half tribe that is only spoken of.

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

Blessed them, like a good magistrate, having given them a solemn admonition not to forget God, the source of all blessings. (Haydock) --- This expression may also intimate that he loaded them with praises and with presents, and wished them all prosperity. --- Dwellings. Literally, "tents," in which they had been accustomed to live, in the desert. Hence they gave the name to houses, temples, &c.

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).

The Pulpit Commentary

To their tents. It would seem that, during the whole of these "many days," the conquered cities had remained tenantless, waiting for the return of the warriors from their long expedition. "Those that were first in the assignment of the land were last in the enjoyment of it; so "the last shall be first and the first last," that there may be something of equality" (Matthew Henry). The first part of the quotation is due to Bishop Hall, who also says, "If heaven be never so sweet to us, yet may wee not run from this earthen warfare till our great Captain shall please to discharge us."

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Joshua, in the Historical, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ (“Joshua”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ carries the sense “Joshua.” How does it shape the verse?
Joshua 14:13 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
The verb «וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם» is Piel Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?