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.
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Gill's Exposition
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you,.... In Num 32:29; and to which they had solemnly agreed; and, now the time was come to put it into execution, Joshua reminds them…
Adam Clarke
Remember the word - He puts the Reubenites, etc., in remembrance of the engagements they had made with Moses (See Num 32:20) when he granted them their portion on the east side of Jordan.
Joshua, being settled in the government, immediately applies himself to business; not to take state or to take his pleasure, but to further the work of God among, the people over whom God had set him.…
Cambridge Bible
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…