And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
Parallel translations
- WEB He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
- BSB He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- 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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Cross-references · 14
- Ps 78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- Josh 24:13And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
- Deut 6:10–11And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
- Josh 11:23So 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.
- Josh 24:8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
- Ps 44:2–3How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
- Ps 135:10–12Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
- Neh 9:22–25Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
- Josh 23:4Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
- Ps 136:21–22And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- Ps 80:8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
- Josh 21:43And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
- Josh 13:7–33Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
- Josh 5:11And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
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