For if [a]Joshua had (A)given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

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  1. Hebrews 4:8 Gr. Jesus, same as Heb. Joshua

15 until the Lord has given your brethren rest, as He gave you, and they also have taken possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving them. (A)Then you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord’s servant gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

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And now the Lord your God has given (A)rest to your brethren, as He promised them; now therefore, return and go to your tents and to the land of your possession, (B)which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

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for as yet you have not come to the (A)rest[a] and the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:9 Or place of rest

The Heavenly Hope

13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the (B)promises, but (C)having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and (D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things (E)declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind (F)that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.

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  1. Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them

45 (A)which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, (B)whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the (C)days of David,

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44 (A)He gave them the lands of the [a]Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,

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  1. Psalm 105:44 nations

55 (A)He also drove out the nations before them,
(B)Allotted them an inheritance by [a]survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

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  1. Psalm 78:55 surveyed measurement, lit. measuring cord

Joshua’s Farewell Address

23 Now it came to pass, a long time after the Lord (A)had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua (B)was old, advanced in age.

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19 Therefore it shall be, (A)when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will (B)blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.

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