Joshua 21:43
41 For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
42 Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
- KJV
- And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
- WEB
- So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
- ASV
- So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.
- BLB
- And YHWH gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and dwelt in it.
- ÅB
- Slik gav Herren Israel hele det land han hadde svoret å ville gi deres fedre; og de inntok det og bosatte seg der.
- OTB
- Slik ga Herren Israel hele landet Han hadde sverget å gi til deres forfedre, og de tok det i eie og bosatte seg der.
- B1930
- Således gav Herren Israel hele det land han hadde svoret å ville gi deres fedre; og de inntok det og bosatte sig der.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Read in contextGenesis 28:4
And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
Read in contextPsalms 106:42–45
Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
Read in contextExodus 23:27–31
I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Read in contextPsalms 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Read in contextGenesis 15:13–21
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Read in contextGenesis 28:13–14
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
Read in contextExodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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