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Joshua 23:4 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Joshua 23:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 23 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward . westward: Heb. at the sunset”
Joshua 23:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Joshua 23:4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. Joshua's statement "I have divided unto you" (hippaltitit lakhem, הִפַּלְתִּי לָכֶם) uses the verb napal (נָפַל), which in the Hiphil form means to cause to fall—the same root as goral (גּוֹרָל, lot). The sacred lot-casting distributed inheritance by divine guidance, not human favoritism or military prowess.The phrase "nations that remain" (ha-goyim ha-nish'arim, הַגּוֹיִם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים) acknowledges in...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joshua 23:4
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“even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot you it to Israel for an inheritance”
“And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.”
“and all the Geshurites;”