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.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. 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.
- NKJV So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.
- NASB So Joshua took the whole land, in accordance with everything that the Lord had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. So the land was at rest from war.
- NLT So Joshua took control of the entire land, just as the Lord had instructed Moses. He gave it to the people of Israel as their special possession, dividing the land among the tribes. So the land finally had rest from war.
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Quick answer
Joshua takes the whole land as God promised Moses and distributes it as Israel's inheritance, and the land has rest. The conquest reaches its goal and Israel enjoys peace.
Overview
This climactic summary declares the conquest complete, the land allotted, and rest achieved according to God's word. The 'rest' Israel enjoys foreshadows the greater rest God provides His people, ultimately fulfilled in Christ (Hebrews 4). The verse celebrates God's faithfulness in giving the promised inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 21:44–45And 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.
- Num 26:52–55Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Ps 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Josh 14:1–15Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
- Exod 23:27–31I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
- Deut 12:9–10For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
- 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!
- Deut 1:38Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
- Josh 11:18Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
- Exod 34:11Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- 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,
- 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.
- Josh 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
- 2 Tim 4:7–8I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- Heb 4:8–9For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
- Num 34:2–13“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
- Deut 11:23–25then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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