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Love the LORD your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.” <a href="/esv/joshua/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/bsb/joshua/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/kjv/joshua/22.htm">King James Bible</a> But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/22.htm">New King James Version</a> But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/nasb_/joshua/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Only be very careful to follow the commandment and the Law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways, and keep His commandments and cling to Him, and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/nasb/joshua/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/joshua/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/lsb/joshua/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Only keep yourselves very carefully to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and cling to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/amp/joshua/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Only be very careful and diligently observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD has commanded you to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your very life].” <a href="/csb/joshua/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Only carefully obey the command and instruction that Moses the LORD’s servant gave you: to love the LORD your God, walk in all his ways, keep his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.” <a href="/hcsb/joshua/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Only carefully obey the command and instruction that Moses the LORD&#8217s servant gave you: to love the LORD your God, walk in all His ways, keep His commands, remain faithful to Him, and serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.&#8221 <a href="/asv/joshua/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. <a href="/cev/joshua/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Moses taught you to love the LORD your God, to be faithful to him, and to worship and obey him with your whole heart and with all your strength. So be very careful to do everything Moses commanded. <a href="/erv/joshua/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. <a href="/gwt/joshua/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Carefully follow the commands and teachings that the LORD's servant Moses gave you. Love the LORD your God, follow his directions, and keep his commands. Be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and soul." <a href="/gnt/joshua/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> Make sure you obey the law that Moses commanded you: love the LORD your God, do his will, obey his commandments, be faithful to him, and serve him with all your heart and soul." <a href="/isv/joshua/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> Only be very careful to keep the commands and the Law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you—that is, to love the LORD your God, to follow in all of his ways, to keep his commands, to stay close to him, and to serve him with all your heart and soul." <a href="/msb/joshua/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.? <a href="/net/joshua/22.htm">NET Bible</a> But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the LORD's servant gave you. Love the LORD your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!" <a href="/nheb/joshua/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul." <a href="/wbt/joshua/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But take diligent heed to perform the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. <a href="/web/joshua/22.htm">World English Bible</a> Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Only, be very watchful to do the command and the Law which Moses, servant of YHWH, commanded you, to love your God YHWH, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.” <a href="/ylt/joshua/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.' <a href="/slt/joshua/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Only watch greatly to do the command and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God and to go in all his ways, and to watch his commands, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Yet so that you observe attentively, and in work fulfil the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you: that you love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments, and cleave to him, and serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And may you continue to observe attentively, and to work to fulfill, the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed to you, so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments, and cling to him, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” <a href="/nabre/joshua/22.htm">New American Bible</a> But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you: love the LORD, your God, follow him in all his ways, keep his commandments, hold fast to him, and serve him with your whole heart and your whole self.” <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Take good care to observe the commandment and instruction that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But only take diligent heed to observe the commandments and the laws which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Only be very aware and perform the commandments and the Law that Moshe the Servant of LORD JEHOVAH commanded you, to love LORD JEHOVAH your God and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.' <a href="/sep/joshua/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul. <a href="/parallel/joshua/22-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=5645" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/22.htm">The Eastern Tribes Return Home</a> …4And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan. 5<a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">But</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">be very</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šim·rū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">careful</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to observe</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: ham·miṣ·wāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the commandment</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: hat·tō·w·rāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">the law</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘e·ḇeḏ- (N-msc) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">the servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">gave you:</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: lə·’a·hă·ḇāh (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">to love</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·lā·le·ḵeṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">to walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: də·rā·ḵāw (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">His ways,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: wə·liš·mōr (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">to keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wō·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">His commandments,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1692.htm" title="1692: ū·lə·ḏā·ḇə·qāh- (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To cling, cleave, keep close. A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit.">to hold fast</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">to Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: ū·lə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏōw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">and to serve Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">your heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·ḇə·ḵāl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">your soul.”</a> 6So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a> And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12-13</a> And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, / and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good? <a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a> Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a> If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. <a href="/john/15-10.htm">John 15:10</a> If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13</a> So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, <a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">1 John 5:3</a> For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, <a href="/psalms/119-2.htm">Psalm 119:2</a> Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. <a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Deuteronomy 30:16</a> For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. <a href="/1_kings/8-61.htm">1 Kings 8:61</a> So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.” <a href="/2_john/1-6.htm">2 John 1:6</a> And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love. <a href="/romans/13-10.htm">Romans 13:10</a> Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. <a href="/1_samuel/12-20.htm">1 Samuel 12:20-24</a> “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. / Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty. / Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own. ... <a href="/luke/10-27.htm">Luke 10:27</a> He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” <a href="/psalms/119-34.htm">Psalm 119:34</a> Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to hold to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.take<a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a> And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Deuteronomy 4:1,2,6,9</a> Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you… <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9,17</a> And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: … love<a href="/exodus/20-6.htm">Exodus 20:6</a> And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.<a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a> And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.<a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12,13</a> And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, … cleave<a href="/joshua/23-8.htm">Joshua 23:8</a> But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-4.htm">Deuteronomy 4:4</a> But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.<a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Deuteronomy 10:20</a> Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.serve<a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">Joshua 24:14,15</a> Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD… <a href="/1_samuel/7-3.htm">1 Samuel 7:3</a> And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.<a href="/1_samuel/12-20.htm">1 Samuel 12:20,24</a> And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/18-8.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-20.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/joshua/22-2.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/joshua/22-3.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-5.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-18.htm">Diligent</a> <a href="/joshua/14-14.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-46.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/joshua/8-18.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Law</a> <a href="/joshua/22-4.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/22-4.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/16-10.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/joshua/2-14.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/joshua/18-8.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/20-33.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/joshua/23-8.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/joshua/22-9.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/joshua/23-11.htm">Diligent</a> <a href="/joshua/23-14.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/joshua/23-11.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/joshua/23-8.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/joshua/23-6.htm">Law</a> <a href="/joshua/22-7.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/joshua/23-7.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/joshua/23-14.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/judges/2-22.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/judges/5-6.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 22</div>1. <a href="/joshua/22-1.htm">The two tribes and a half with a blessing are sent home,</a> 10. <a href="/joshua/22-10.htm">They build the altar of testimony in their journey</a> 11. <a href="/joshua/22-11.htm">The Israelites are offended thereat</a> 21. <a href="/joshua/22-21.htm">They vindicate their conduct, and give them good satisfaction</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The law given through Moses included moral, ceremonial, and civil instructions that were meant to set Israel apart as God's chosen people. The call to be "very careful" underscores the seriousness with which the Israelites were to approach their covenant obligations. This reflects the broader biblical theme of obedience as a demonstration of faith and commitment to God.to love the LORD your God, Loving God is a foundational commandment in the Hebrew Scriptures, encapsulated in the Shema (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>), which Jesus later affirmed as the greatest commandment (<a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-38</a>). This love is not merely emotional but involves a deep commitment and loyalty to God, reflecting His covenantal love for His people. It is a call to prioritize God above all else, aligning one's heart and actions with His will.to walk in all His ways, Walking in God's ways implies living a life that reflects His character and commands. It suggests a daily, ongoing relationship with God, characterized by righteousness, justice, and mercy. This phrase echoes the call to holiness found throughout Scripture, where believers are urged to imitate God's attributes (<a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>, <a href="/1_peter/1-16.htm">1 Peter 1:16</a>). It also points to the journey of faith, where one's life path is directed by divine guidance.to keep His commandments, Keeping God's commandments involves both knowing and doing what God has instructed. This obedience is a tangible expression of love for God (<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>). The commandments serve as a guide for living in a way that pleases God and benefits the community. This phrase highlights the continuity of God's moral expectations from the Old Testament to the New Testament, where Jesus fulfills and deepens the understanding of the law (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17-20</a>).to hold fast to Him, Holding fast to God suggests a steadfast, unwavering commitment, especially in the face of challenges or temptations. It conveys the idea of clinging to God as one's source of strength and security. This phrase is reminiscent of the covenantal language used throughout the Bible, where God promises to be faithful to His people, and they are called to remain faithful to Him (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Deuteronomy 10:20</a>, <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a>).and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Serving God with all one's heart and soul indicates total devotion and dedication. It involves not only external actions but also internal attitudes and motivations. This comprehensive service is a response to God's love and grace, reflecting the holistic nature of worship that encompasses every aspect of life. The call to serve God wholeheartedly is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are urged to offer themselves as living sacrifices (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a> The leader of Israel after Moses, who led the Israelites into the Promised Land. He is giving a charge to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The servant of the LORD who received the Law from God and led the Israelites out of Egypt. His teachings and commandments are referenced as the standard to follow. 3. <a href="/topical/r/reuben,_gad,_and_the_half-tribe_of_manasseh.htm">Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh</a> These tribes were given land on the east side of the Jordan River and are being reminded by Joshua to remain faithful to God's commandments. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who delivered them from Egypt and gave them the Law through Moses. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The tribes are settling in this land and are being reminded to remain faithful to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commandments.htm">Obedience to God's Commandments</a> The call to "keep the commandment and the law" emphasizes the importance of obedience as a demonstration of faithfulness to God. <a href="/topical/l/love_as_the_foundation.htm">Love as the Foundation</a> Loving the LORD your God is foundational to all other commandments. Our actions and obedience should stem from a genuine love for God. <a href="/topical/w/walking_in_god's_ways.htm">Walking in God's Ways</a> Walking in God's ways involves a daily commitment to live according to His principles and teachings. <a href="/topical/h/holding_fast_to_god.htm">Holding Fast to God</a> To "hold fast" implies a steadfast commitment and loyalty to God, especially in times of trial or temptation. <a href="/topical/s/serving_with_heart_and_soul.htm">Serving with Heart and Soul</a> Serving God with all your heart and soul requires total devotion and dedication, reflecting a life fully surrendered to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 22</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_shema_mean_in_judaism.htm">What does the Shema signify in Judaism?</a> <a href="/q/joshua_5_13-15__divine_commander_proof.htm">Joshua 5:13-15: What evidence supports a divine 'commander' appearing to Joshua, and how does this align with other biblical accounts of angelic encounters?</a> <a href="/q/why_build_a_separate_altar_in_joshua_22_10.htm">How do we reconcile the building of a separate altar in Joshua 22:10 with earlier commands to worship at one central sanctuary?</a> <a href="/q/does_abimelech's_rule_conflict_with_ot.htm">Does the account of Abimelech's violent rule conflict with other Old Testament portrayals of just leadership (Judges 9:22-24)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - But take diligent heed. This passage is a quotation from the Book of Deuteronomy (<a href="/joshua/6-5.htm">Joshua 6:5</a>; <a href="/joshua/10-12.htm">Joshua 10:12</a>; <a href="/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13, 22</a>; 30:6, 16, 20, etc.) The expressions, as Keil well remarks, are "crowded together, so that obedience to God's commands may be the more deeply impressed on their hearts." It is worthy of remark, that while beginning with the love of God, Joshua does not end there. The best proof of love is our conduct towards the person loved. If love be genuine, it is the practical principle which produces diligent service, punctual obedience, faithful attachment, the devotion of the heart and soul. Commandment and law. The first of these words, derived from a root signifying to set up, has rather the force of what we call a positive precept, referring to single acts. The word translated law, derived from the root to cast, hence to stretch out the hand, to point out, refers rather to moral precepts. The Greek νόμος and our law are used in the same sense. Cleave unto Him. The Hebrew is stronger, cleave into Him, as though regarding not so much isolated actions as principles of life. Our life was to be "rooted and grounded," to use an apostolic phrase, in His. But the full significance of these words could not be understood till One had come who enabled us by faith to "eat His flesh and drink His blood," and so be united to Him as the branch to its root. <a href="/commentaries/joshua/22-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But רַ֣ק ׀ (raq) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless be very מְאֹ֗ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily careful שִׁמְר֣וּ (šim·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to to observe לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make the commandment הַמִּצְוָ֣ה (ham·miṣ·wāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case the law הַתּוֹרָה֮ (hat·tō·w·rāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> Direction, instruction, law that אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver the servant עֶֽבֶד־ (‘e·ḇeḏ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant of the LORD יְהוָה֒ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel gave you: צִוָּ֣ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order to love לְ֠אַהֲבָה (lə·’a·hă·ḇāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f the LORD יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God, אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֜ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to walk וְלָלֶ֧כֶת (wə·lā·le·ḵeṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every His ways, דְּרָכָ֛יו (də·rā·ḵāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action to keep וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר (wə·liš·mōr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to His commandments, מִצְוֺתָ֖יו (miṣ·wō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment to hold fast וּלְדָבְקָה־ (ū·lə·ḏā·ḇə·qāh-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1692.htm">Strong's 1692: </a> To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit to Him, ב֑וֹ (ḇōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_0.htm">Strong's 0: </a> 0 and to serve Him וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ (ū·lə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> To work, to serve, till, enslave with all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every your heart לְבַבְכֶ֖ם (lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> Inner man, mind, will, heart and all וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every your soul.? נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃ (nap̄·šə·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/22-5.htm">OT History: Joshua 22:5 Only take diligent heed to do (Josh. 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