YuēShūyàjì 21:43

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 .

YuēShūyàjì 21:43 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:43

And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to
give unto their fathers
It was all given them by lot, whether subdued or not subdued, and the far greater part was actually put into their hands, and they had as much as they could for the present occupy and cultivate; and such as were in the hands of the Canaanites, were subject to pay tribute to them; and it was owing to their own slothfulness and sluggishness that they did not possess more hereafter; though it was the will of God that their enemies should be driven out by little and little, until the Israelites were so increased as to occupy the whole, lest any part of the land should lie waste and become barren, and lest the wild beasts of the field should multiply upon them:

and they possessed it, and dwelt therein;
each according to their lot in the several places assigned them, as many cities as they could at present people, and as much land as they could now manage.

YuēShūyàjì 21:43 In-Context

41 Lìwèi rén zaì Yǐsèliè rén de dì yè zhōng suǒ dé de chéng , gōng sì shí bā zuò , bìng yǒu shǔ chéng de jiāo yĕ .

42 Zhèxie chéng sìwéi dōu yǒu shǔ chéng de jiāo yĕ , chéng chéng dōu shì rúcǐ .

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 .