“And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.”
And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan — Joshua's dismissal follows the pattern promised in Numbers 32: after conquest, the eastern tribes return to their inheritance. The 'rest' (mənûḥâ) that the LORD has granted the western tribes now permits eastern return. The phrase 'on the other side of the Jordan' (bĕʿēber hayyardēn) emphasizes the geographical boundary defining their territory.
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