Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 1:13
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
13. Remember the word ] Num 32:20-24 is quoted, not literally, but freely according to the sense.
hath given you rest ] Comp. Deu 25:19, “It shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it.” Into this “rest” the disobedient did not enter (Num 14:28-30; Psa 95:7-11; Heb 3:11-18), but the true “Rest,” the complete “Sabbath-keeping,” still remaineth for “the people of God” (Heb 4:9).
this land ] Compare Jos 1:2 and Deu 3:18, the land in which the whole people as yet and the speaker also were, the land east of the Jordan.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 13. Remember the word] He puts the Reubenites, &c., in remembrance of the engagements they had made with Moses (See Nu 32:20) when he granted them their portion on the east side of Jordan.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Remember his charge to you, and your promise to him, which they were obliged to keep; and Joshua was to see that they did so. Rest i.e. a place of rest, as that word signifies: See Poole “Gen 49:15“.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you,…. In Nu 32:29; and to which they had solemnly agreed; and, now the time was come to put it into execution, Joshua reminds them of it:
saying, the Lord your God hath given you rest: from their travels, and a settlement in a country agreeably to their own desire:
and hath given you this land; where they now were, and which they had taken from Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites, and joined to Moab, on the borders of which Israel lay encamped; and by this it appears, that the settlement of these tribes, on the other side Jordan, was according to the will of God; he gave it to them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) Hath given you rest.Observe this phrase. as applied to the settlement of Israel in the land of promise, on either side of Jordan. Those who condemn the two and a half tribes (or the persons whom they suppose to be spiritually represented by them) for not going far enough, should notice that on both sides of Jordan equally there was the rest of God. But this rest is only the first stage of several in Israels history. We find it again in the reign of David (2Sa. 7:1), Solomon (1Ch. 22:9), Esther (Jos. 9:16-18; Jos. 9:22), and we must not forget the comment in Hebrews 4, obtained from Psalms 95 : For if Joshua had given them rest, then would He not afterward have spoken of another day. These all received not the promise. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. The last rest is Sabbatical; the rests that precede it are halting-places on the way.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
13. The Lord hath given you rest He has permitted you to settle your families in fixed abodes on the express condition that you should assist in the subjugation of the land on the western side of Jordan.
Num 32:16-22. The promise of these two and a half tribes, solemnly made to Moses, must now be fulfilled.
This land Like the expressions this Jordan and this Lebanon, (Jos 1:2; Jos 1:4,) the land immediately around them east of Jordan, in which all Israel was yet encamped.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“ Remember the word which Moses, the servant of YHWH, commanded you, saying, ‘YHWH your God gives you rest and will give you this land.’ ”
Joshua reminded them of their promise made. They had been given their ‘rest’, no longer journeying, no longer always on the move. They could build their homes and permanently pitch their tents, sow their seed, plant their vineyards, and recognise that they had reached ‘home’.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 1:13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
Ver. 13. Remember the word. ] Your engagement to Moses, Num 32:17 ; Num 32:22 .
“ Pollicitis dives quilibet est potest. ”
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the word. Compare Num 32:20-24.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Remember: Jos 22:1-4, Num 32:20-28, Deu 3:18
Reciprocal: Num 32:25 – General Num 32:28 – General Deu 17:14 – When thou
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 1:13-14. Which Moses commanded you His charge to you, and your promise to him. Rest That is, a place of rest, as that word signifies. Before your brethren In the front of all of them; which was but reasonable; because they had the advantage of their brethren, having actually received their portion, which their brethren had only in hope; because they were freed from those impediments which the rest were exposed to, their wives, and children, and estates being safely lodged; and to prevent their withdrawing themselves from the present service, which they otherwise would have had temptations to do, because of the nearness of their habitations. Armed For by this time they were well furnished with arms, which they had either from the Egyptians, Amalekites, or Amorites, from whom they had taken them; or, by purchase, from those people by whose borders they passed. Men of valour All such were obliged to go over, if occasion required it, but Joshua took only some of them, because they were sufficient for his purpose, and because it was proper some should be left, both to secure their own wives, children, and possessions, and to prevent their enemies on that side from giving them disturbance while engaged in their enterprise upon Canaan.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1:13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this {h} land.
(h) Which belonged to Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan.