For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
Parallel translations
- WEB For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
- KJV For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
- NKJV For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
- NASB For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.
- NLT Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come.
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Quick answer
If Joshua had given Israel the true rest, God would not later speak of another day. The conquest under Joshua did not exhaust the promise of rest.
Overview
The author notes that Joshua led Israel into the land, yet Scripture later still spoke of 'today,' proving the ultimate rest was not given then. The earthly inheritance was a shadow of a fuller rest. This clears the way for the conclusion that a Sabbath rest still remains for God's people.
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- Josh 1:15until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
- Josh 22:4And 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.
- Deut 12:9For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Heb 11:13–15All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- Josh 23:1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
- Ps 78:55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Acts 7:45And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
- Ps 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- Deut 25:19When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
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