And gave their land as an inheritance, For His faithfulness is everlasting,
Parallel translations
- WEB And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving kindness endures forever;
- KJV And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- BSB and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
- NKJV And gave their land as a heritage, For His mercy endures forever;
- NLT God gave the land of these kings as an inheritance— His faithful love endures forever.
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God gave the conquered land as an inheritance, and His love endures forever.
Overview
The land taken from the defeated kings was granted to Israel as a gift of grace. This inheritance fulfilled the promise made to the patriarchs. The earthly land foreshadows the eternal inheritance Christ wins for all who belong to Him.
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- Deut 3:12–17This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
- Josh 13:1–21Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years. Yahweh said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.
- Num 32:33–42Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
- Ps 135:12and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.
- Ps 44:2–3You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
- 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.
- Josh 12:1–7Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
- Ps 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
- Neh 9:22–24Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
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