He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
Parallel translations
- WEB He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
- KJV And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- NKJV He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations,
- NASB He also gave them the lands of the nations, So that they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
- NLT He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.
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Quick answer
God gave them the lands of the nations and the fruit of others' labor. It matters because He fulfilled His promise of an inheritance for His people.
Overview
In the conquest God granted Israel the land of Canaan, including its cities and fields (Joshua 21:43-45). This realized the promise of land given to Abraham. The earthly inheritance points beyond itself to the eternal inheritance secured for believers in Christ.
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- Ps 78:55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Josh 24:13So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
- Deut 6:10–11And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Josh 11:23So 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.
- Josh 24:8Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
- Ps 44:2–3With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
- Ps 135:10–12He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
- Neh 9:22–25You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
- Josh 23:4See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
- Ps 136:21–22and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- Josh 21:43Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
- Josh 13:7–33Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- Josh 5:11The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.
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