Joshua 11:23

God's faithfulness Rest and sabbath Covenant and promises

²¹ And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

²² There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

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BSB: So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
KJV: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
WEB: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
ASV: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
DARBY: And Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
BLB: And Joshua took all the land, according to all that YHWH had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

ÅB: Slik inntok Josva hele landet, aldeles som Herren hadde sagt til Moses, og Josva gav Israel det til arv etter deres slektsgreiner i deres stammer. Og landet hadde nå ro for krig.
[^1]: JOS 10, 41.
OTB: Så tok Josva hele landet, akkurat som Herren hadde talt til Moses, og han ga det som en arv til Israel i henhold til deres stammeinndelinger. Da hadde landet ro fra krig.
B1930: Således inntok Josva hele landet, aldeles som Herren hadde sagt til Moses, og Josva gav Israel det til arv efter deres ættegrener i deres stammer. Og landet hadde nu ro for krig.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 21:44–45
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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Numbers 26:52–55
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Psalms 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
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Joshua 14:1–15
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
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Exodus 23:27–31
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
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Joshua 23:1
And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
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2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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Hebrews 4:8–9
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
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