Acts 13:19 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 13:19

And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

BSB

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ASV

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:

KJV

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And when he had destroyed - Subdued, cast out, or extirpated them as nations. It does not mean that all were put to death, for many of them were left in the land; but that they were subdued as nations, they were broken up and overcome, Deu 7:1, “And hath cast out many nations before them,” etc. Seven nations - The Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, Deu 7:1; Jos 3:10; Neh 9:

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
καθελὼν	kathelōn	having destroyed	G2507 →
ἔθνη	ethnē	nations	G1484 →
ἑπτὰ	hepta	seven	G2033 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
γῇ	gēa	[the] land	G1093 →
Χανάαν	Chanaan	of Canaan	G5477 →
κατεκληρονόμησεν	kateklēronomēsen	He gave as an inheritance	G2624 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	land	G1093 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them —	G846 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 78:55
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
leads to
- Psalms 44:2
  With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 13:7
  Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- Nehemiah 9:22–25
  You 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.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:3
  The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
- Deuteronomy 4:38
  to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
Through
Joshua 19:51
These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance…
leads to
- Joshua 18:1
  Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 18:10
  And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
- Joshua 14:1
  Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of…

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