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43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors,[a] and they conquered[b] it and lived in it. 44 The Lord made them secure,[c] in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors.[d] None of their enemies could resist them.[e] The Lord handed all their enemies over to them.[f] 45 Not one of the Lord’s faithful promises to the family of Israel[g] was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 21:43 tn Heb “which he had sworn to give to their fathers.”
  2. Joshua 21:43 tn Or “possessed.”
  3. Joshua 21:44 tn Heb “gave them rest all around.”
  4. Joshua 21:44 tn Heb “according to all he swore to their fathers.”
  5. Joshua 21:44 tn Heb “not a man stood from before them from all their enemies.”
  6. Joshua 21:44 tn Heb All their enemies the Lord gave into their hand.
  7. Joshua 21:45 tn Heb “the house of Israel.” Cf. NCV “the Israelites”; TEV “the people of Israel”; CEV, NLT “Israel.”
  8. Joshua 21:45 tn Heb “not a word from all the good word which the Lord spoke to the house of Israel fell; the whole came to pass.”

Summary of the conquest

43 The Lord gave to Israel all the land he had pledged to give to their ancestors. They took it over and settled there. 44 The Lord gave them rest from surrounding danger, exactly as he had pledged to their ancestors. Not one of all their enemies held out against them. The Lord gave all their enemies into their power. 45 Not one of all the good things that the Lord had promised to the house of Israel failed. Every promise was fulfilled.

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