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Joshua 21:43

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.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּתֵּ֤ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'Elto IsraelH3478 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
נִשְׁבַּ֖עnish.Ba'he had swornH7650 →
לָתֵ֣תla.Tetto giveH5414 →
לַאֲבוֹתָ֑םla.'a.vo.Tamto ancestors theirH1 →
וַיִּרָשׁ֖וּהָvai.yi.ra.Shu.haand they took possession of itH3423 →
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּvai.Ye.she.vuand they dweltH3427 →
בָֽהּ׃Vahin <the> it

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Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Exodus 23:27–31I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.Genesis 28:4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”Psalms 106:42–45Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.Psalms 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.Genesis 15:13–21Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Deuteronomy 11:31For 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,Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Genesis 26:3–4Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Genesis 28:13–14And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.Nehemiah 9:24So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.Psalms 44:2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.Deuteronomy 17:14When 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,”Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Numbers 33:53You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.Deuteronomy 34:4And 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.”Jeremiah 32:22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.1 Kings 8:34then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

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