10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people , saying , 11 "Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people , saying , 'Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan , to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, to possess it.' " 12 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half-tribe e of Manasseh , Joshua [1]said , 13 "Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying , ' The Lord your God gives you rest and will give you this land .' 14 "Your wives , your little ones , and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan , but you shall cross before your brothers in battle array , all your valiant warriors , and shall help them, 15 until the Lord gives your brothers rest , as He gives you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them. Then you shall return to [2]your own land , and possess [3]that which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise e ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 1:10-15
Commentary on Joshua 1:10-15
(Read Joshua 1:10-15)
Joshua says to the people, Ye shall pass over Jordan, and shall possess the land; because God had said so to him. We honour the truth of God, when we stagger not at the promise of God. The two tribes and a half were to go over Jordan with their brethren. When God, by his providence, has given us rest, we ought to consider what service we may do to our brethren.