Numbers 34:2
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2 “Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into (A)the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan to its boundaries.
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Genesis 17:8
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8 Also (A)I give to you and your descendants after you the land (B)in[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and (C)I will be their God.”
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- Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings
Psalm 105:11
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11 Saying, (A)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
1 Peter 1:3-4
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A Heavenly Inheritance
3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His abundant mercy (C)has begotten us again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, (E)reserved in heaven for you,
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- 1 Peter 1:4 imperishable
Deuteronomy 1:7-8
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7 Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the [a]plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates. 8 See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord [b]swore to your fathers—to (A)Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to them and their descendants after them.’
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- Deuteronomy 1:7 Heb. arabah
- Deuteronomy 1:8 promised
Ephesians 1:18
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18 (A)the eyes of your [a]understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is (B)the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
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- Ephesians 1:18 NU, M hearts
Ephesians 1:14
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14 (A)who[a] is the [b]guarantee of our inheritance (B)until the redemption of (C)the purchased possession, (D)to the praise of His glory.
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- Ephesians 1:14 NU which
- Ephesians 1:14 down payment, earnest
Acts 26:18
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18 (A)to open their eyes, in order (B)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (C)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (D)an inheritance among those who are (E)sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:18 set apart
Acts 17:26
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26 And He has made from one [a]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and (A)the boundaries of their dwellings,
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- Acts 17:26 NU omits blood
Ezekiel 47:14
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14 You shall inherit it equally with one another; for I (A)raised My hand in an oath to give it to your fathers, and this land shall (B)fall to you as your inheritance.
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Jeremiah 3:19
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19 “But I said:
‘How can I put you among the children
And give you (A)a pleasant land,
A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’
“And I said:
‘You shall call Me, (B)“My Father,”
And not turn away from Me.’
Psalm 78:54-55
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54 And He brought them to His (A)holy border,
This mountain (B)which His right hand had acquired.
55 (C)He also drove out the nations before them,
(D)Allotted them an inheritance by [a]survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
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- Psalm 78:55 surveyed measurement, lit. measuring cord
Psalm 16:5-6
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5 O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You [a]maintain my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
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- Psalm 16:5 Lit. uphold
Numbers 33:51-53
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51 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: (A)‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 (B)then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their [a]high places; 53 you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to (C)possess.
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- Numbers 33:52 Places for pagan worship
Genesis 15:16-21
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16 But (A)in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity (B)of the Amorites (C)is not yet complete.”
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that (D)passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the Lord (E)made a covenant with Abram, saying:
(F)“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— 19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
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Genesis 13:15-17
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15 for all the land which you see (A)I give to you and (B)your [a]descendants forever. 16 And (C)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
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- Genesis 13:15 Lit. seed
Genesis 12:6-7
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6 Abram (A)passed through the land to the place of Shechem, (B)as far as [a]the terebinth tree of Moreh. (C)And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 (D)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (E)“To your [b]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (F)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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- Genesis 12:6 Heb. Alon Moreh
- Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed
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