YuēShūyàjì 21:43-45

43 Zhèyàng , Yēhéhuá jiāng cóng qián xiàng tāmen lièzǔ qǐshì suǒ yīngxǔ de quán dì cìgĕi Yǐsèliè rén , tāmen jiù dé le wèi yè , zhù zaì qízhōng .

44 Yēhéhuá zhào zhe xiàng tāmen lièzǔ qǐshì suǒ yīngxǔ de yīqiè huà , shǐ tāmen sì jìng píngān . tāmen yīqiè chóudí zhōng , méiyǒu yī rén zaì tāmen miànqián shān lì dé zhù . Yēhéhuá bǎ yīqiè chóudí dōu jiāo zaì tāmen shǒu zhōng .

45 Yēhéhuá yīngxǔ cì fú gĕi Yǐsèliè jiā de huà yī jù yĕ méiyǒu luō kōng , dōu yìngyàn le .

YuēShūyàjì 21:43-45 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 21

This chapter contains the address of the Levites to the court, to have the cities and suburbs given them according to the command of God by Moses, Jos 21:1,2; the grant of them by lot out of the several tribes, Jos 21:3-8; the particular cities out of the tribes of Judah and Simeon are mentioned by name, Jos 21:9-16; then those out of the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 21:17-19; next those out of the tribe of Ephraim, Jos 21:20-22; afterwards those out of the tribe of Dan, Jos 21:23-26; then those out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Jos 21:27; and out of the tribe of Issachar, Jos 21:28,29; and out of the tribe of Asher, Jos 21:30,31; and of Naphtali, Jos 21:32,33; and of Zebulun, Jos 21:34,35; and of Reuben, Jos 21:36,37; and of Gad, Jos 21:38-40; which in all made forty eight, Jos 21:41,42; and the chapter is concluded with observing, that God gave Israel all the land of Canaan, and rest in it, according to his promise, very faithfully and punctually, Jos 21:43-45.