Joshua 21:43-45

43 ¹So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and ²they possessed it and lived in it.

44 And the LORD ³gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and ⁴no one of all their enemies stood before them; ⁵the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand.

45 ⁶Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.

Joshua 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.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 34:4
• 2. Numbers 33:53; Deuteronomy 11:31; Deuteronomy 17:14
• 3. Joshua 1:13; Joshua 23:1
• 4. Deuteronomy 7:24
• 5. Exodus 23:31
• 6. Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 8:56

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "a word from every good word"
• [b]. Lit "spoken"