And He gave their land as an inheritance, An inheritance to His people Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.
- KJV And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
- BSB He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
- NKJV And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people.
- NLT He gave their land as an inheritance, a special possession to his people Israel.
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Quick answer
God gave the conquered land to Israel as a lasting heritage for His people.
Overview
The grant of the land was a gift of grace, an inheritance bestowed on Israel because they were God's chosen people. This fulfilled the promise made to Abraham and confirmed God's covenant faithfulness. The earthly inheritance points beyond itself to the eternal inheritance secured by Christ for all who belong to Him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 78:55He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- Ps 136:21–22And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving kindness endures forever;
- Josh 11:23So 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.
- Josh 12:7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
- Ps 44:1–3For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
- Num 33:54You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
- Deut 29:8We took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.
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