Deuteronomy 3:20

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
rest	יָנִ֨יחַ ya.Ni.ach	H5117	to rest · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
brethren	לַֽאֲחֵיכֶם֮ la.'a.chei.Khem	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
possess	וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ ve.ya.re.Shu	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
land	הָאָ֕רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֧ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
given	נֹתֵ֥ן no.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
beyond	בְּעֵ֣בֶר be.'E.ver	H5676	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name
return	וְשַׁבְתֶּ֗ם ve.shav.Tem	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
man	אִ֚ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
possession	לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹ li.ru.sha.To	H3425	something occupied · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
given	נָתַ֖תִּי na.Ta.ti	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Joshua 22:4 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…
Joshua 22:8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with bra…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Having shown how this country which they were now in was conquered, in these verses he shows how it was settled upon the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, which we had the story of before, Num. 32. Here is the rehearsal. 1. Moses specifies the particular parts of the country that were allotted to each tribe, especially the distribution of the lot to the half tribe of Manasseh, the subdividing of which tribe is observable. Joseph was divided into Ephraim and Manasseh; Manasseh was divided into one half on the one side Jordan and the other half on the other side: that on the east side Jordan was again divided into two great families, which had their several allotments: Jair,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:16

from Gilead--that is, not the mountainous region, but the town Ramoth-gilead, even unto the river Arnon half the valley--The word "valley" signifies a wady, either filled with water or dry, as the Arnon is in summer, and thus the proper rendering of the passage will be--"even to the half or middle of the river Arnon" (compare Jos 12:2). This prudent arrangement of the boundaries was evidently made to prevent all disputes between the adjacent tribes about the exclusive right to the water.

John Gill on Deuteronomy 3:20

Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you,.... Rest from their enemies, and habitations to dwell quietly in; so the land of Canaan is called a rest, Deuteronomy 12:9 typical of the rest which remains for the people of God: and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan; for so Canaan was with respect to Moses and the people with him, who were then in the plains of Moab; otherwise the country in which he was with respect to Canaan is usually called beyond Jordan; this the Lord had given in promise to Israel, and they were just now ready to enter into and possess it, by virtue of his gift, and which made it sure unto the…

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Dictionary and topics

Palestine — Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered…
Manasseh · of the Jordan River — of the Jordan River
Reuben, The Tribe Of · Obtained inheritance east of Jordan on condition of helping to conquer Canaan — Obtained inheritance east of Jordan on condition of helping to conquer Canaan
Reubenites · 32; — 32;
Tribes Of Israel, The · Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh: Were required to assist in subduing Canaan — Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh: Were required to assist in subduing Canaan

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 3:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:16

John Gill on Deuteronomy 3:20

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 3:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:16

John Gill on Deuteronomy 3:20

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 3:12-20

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 3:15-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 3:17

Rashi on Deuteronomy 3:18