Joshua 23:4
Joshua · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.”Joshua 23:4
What Does Joshua 23:4 Mean?
Joshua 23:4 is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 23, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Joshua 23:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 12:29“When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;”Joshua 13:2“This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,”Joshua 13:6“All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.”Joshua 18:10“And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.”Psalms 105:44“And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;”Numbers 34:6“And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.”Joshua 9:1“And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;”Psalms 78:55“He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.”Ezekiel 47:10“And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.”Acts 13:19“And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.”
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