Joshua 23:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Remember that I told you that your people could have the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. I promised to give you that land, but you don’t control it yet. I have taken the land away from those nations, but they are still living there.

Cross References

Joshua 18:10

Joshua threw lots for them in front of the Lord at Shiloh. In this way Joshua divided the land and gave each tribe its part of the land.

Joshua 13:2

You have not yet taken the land of Geshur or the land of the Philistines.

Exodus 23:30

So I will force them out of your land very slowly. I will do this as you grow and eventually take the land to be your own.

Deuteronomy 12:29

“You are going to take your land from other people. The Lord your God will destroy these people for you. You will force them out of that land, and then you will live there.

Judges 2:21

So I will no longer defeat the nations and clear the way for the Israelites. Those nations were still in this land when Joshua died, and I will let them stay in this land.

Psalm 78:55

He forced the other nations out before them and gave each family its share of the land. He gave each tribe of Israel a place to live.

Psalm 105:11

He said, “I will give you the land of Canaan. It will be your very own.”

Zephaniah 3:6

The Lord says, “I have destroyed whole nations and their defense towers. I destroyed their streets and now no one goes there anymore. Their cities are empty—no one lives there anymore.