Joshua 21:43
New International Version
So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

New Living Translation
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

English Standard Version
Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there.

Berean Standard Bible
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

King James Bible
And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

New King James Version
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it.

New American Standard Bible
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and lived in it.

NASB 1995
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

NASB 1977
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

Amplified Bible
So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers (ancestors), and they took possession of it and lived in it.

Christian Standard Bible
So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.

American Standard Version
So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers and they possessed it and they dwelt in it

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD gave the Israelites the land he had promised their ancestors, and they captured it and settled in it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers: and they possessed it and dwelt in it.

English Revised Version
So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the LORD gave Israel the whole land he had sworn to give their ancestors. They took possession of it and settled there.

Good News Translation
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he had solemnly promised their ancestors he would give them. When they had taken possession of it, they settled down there.

International Standard Version
So the LORD gave all of the land to Israel that he had promised to give their ancestors, and they took possession and settled there in it.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

Literal Standard Version
And YHWH gives to Israel the whole of the land which He has sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;

Majority Standard Bible
Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

New American Bible
And so the LORD gave Israel the entire land he had sworn to their ancestors he would give them. Once they had taken possession of it, and dwelt in it,

NET Bible
So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to their ancestors that he would give them; and having taken possession of it, they settled there.

New Heart English Bible
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers: and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.

World English Bible
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;

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Context
Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites
42Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities. 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. 44And 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.…

Cross References
Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land--from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates--

Numbers 33:53
You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

Deuteronomy 11:31
For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,

Deuteronomy 17:14
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, "Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,"

Deuteronomy 34:4
And the LORD said to him, "This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it."

Joshua 21:42
Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

Nehemiah 9:8
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites--to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelled therein.

Genesis 12:7
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Genesis 13:15
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

Genesis 15:13-21
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; …

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Joshua 21
1. Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes unto the Levites.
43. God gives the land, and rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise














Verse 43. - And the Lord gave. The LXX. adds before this passage: "And Joshua completed the division of the land in its boundaries, and the children gave a portion to Joshua, by the commandment of the Lord. They gave to him the city for which he asked, Thamnath Sarach gave they him in Mount Ephraim, and Joshua built the city, and dwelt in it. And Joshua took the stone knives, with which he had circumcised the children of Israel, which were in the way in the wilderness, and he placed them in Tamnath Sarach." The repetition is very much in the manner of the sacred historian, and it is possible that we have here an authentic passage, which some copyist has omitted in the Hebrew text. All the land. As has been before remarked, the Hebrew כל must not be pressed to mean literally "all." Yet, in a sense, the word is true here. The land had been put in their power. They had only to exert themselves to complete its conquest. This they failed to do, and not only so, but violated the conditions under which the land was granted them. Thus they soon fell under the dominion of those who had been their own vassals. Ritter thinks (vol. 3. 187-189) that the Asherites and Danites submitted to the inhabitants of the land in consequence of being allowed equal citizen rights with them. He draws this inference from Judges 5:17, supposing that these tribes addicted themselves to the commercial and maritime life for which the Phoenicians were so famous.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Thus the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

gave
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

Israel
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (lə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the land
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

He had sworn
נִשְׁבַּ֖ע (niš·ba‘)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

to give
לָתֵ֣ת (lā·ṯêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

their fathers,
לַאֲבוֹתָ֑ם (la·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

and they took possession of
וַיִּרָשׁ֖וּהָ (way·yi·rā·šū·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

it and settled
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

there.
בָֽהּ׃ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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