"When you enter,you will cometo a securepeoplewith a spaciousland;for Godhas givenit into your hand,a placewherethereis nolackof anythingthat is on the earth."
"So I have comedownto deliverthem from the powerof the Egyptians,and to bringthem up from that landto a goodand spaciousland,to a landflowingwith milkand honey,to the placeof the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
on that dayI sworeto them, to bringthem out from the landof Egyptinto a landthat I had selectedfor them, flowingwith milkand honey,whichis the gloryof alllands.
justas the sonsof Esauwho livein Seirand the Moabiteswho livein Ardidfor me, untilI crossoverthe Jordaninto the landwhichthe LORDour Godis givingto us.'
"Now,O Israel,listento the statutesand the judgmentswhichI am teachingyou to perform,sothat you may liveand goin and takepossessionof the landwhichthe LORD,the Godof your fathers,is givingyou.
Instructthosewho are richin thispresentworldnot to be conceitedorto fix their hopeon the uncertaintyof riches,but on God,who richlysuppliesus with all thingsto enjoy.
Then the twomenreturnedand camedownfrom the hillcountryand crossedoverand cameto Joshuathe sonof Nun,and they relatedto him allthat had happenedto them.
They saidto Joshua,"Surelythe LORDhas givenallthe landinto our hands;moreover,allthe inhabitantsof the landhave meltedawaybeforeus."
At the seventhtime,when the priestsblewthe trumpets,Joshuasaidto the people,"Shout!For the LORDhas givenyou the city.
Then from the familyof the Danites,from Zorahand from Eshtaol,sixhundredmenarmedwith weaponsof warsetout.
Then they tookwhatMicahhad madeand the priestwhohadbelongedto him, and cameto Laish,to a peoplequietand secure,and struckthem with the edgeof the sword;and they burnedthe citywith fire.
Then the fivemendepartedand cameto Laishand sawthe peoplewhowere in it livingin security,after the mannerof the Sidonians,quietand secure;for therewas norulerhumiliating[them] for anythingin the land,and they were farfrom the Sidoniansand hadnodealingswith anyone.
They said,"Arise,and let us goup againstthem; for we have seenthe land,and behold,it is verygood.And will you sitstill?Do not delayto go,to enter,to possessthe land.
