John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren , as he promised them , etc.] As in ( Joshua 21:44); (see Deuteronomy 12:9,10); therefore now return ye, and get ye unto your tents ; not their military tents in the army, from which they now came to Joshua, but their houses, as the Greek version, and their cities, as the Targum; they having been so long used to tents in the wilderness, and during the wars in Canaan, this was a familiar word for their dwellings: [and] unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you, on the other side Jordan ; before his death, on condition of doing what they now had done; even the land of Gilead and Bashan, beyond Jordan.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Joshua dismisses the tribes with good counsel. Those who have the commandment have it in vain, unless they do the commandment; and it will not be done aright unless we take diligent heed. In particular to love the Lord our God, as the best of beings, and the best of friends and as far as that principle rules in the heart, there will be constan care and endeavour to walk in his ways, even those that are narrow an up-hill. In every instance to keep his commandments. At all times, an in all conditions, with purpose of heart to cleave unto the Lord, an to serve him and his kingdom among men, with all our heart, and with all our soul. This good counsel is given to all; may God give us grac to take it!
Original Hebrew ועתה6258 הניח5117 יהוה3068 אלהיכם430 לאחיכם251 כאשׁר834 דבר1696 להם ועתה6258 פנו6437 ולכו1980 לכם לאהליכם168 אל413 ארץ776 אחזתכם272 אשׁר834 נתן5414 לכם משׁה4872 עבד5650 יהוה3068 בעבר5676 הירדן׃3383
