THEOSISJoshua 24:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I gave you a land, in which you had not laboured, and cities to dwell in which you built not, vineyards and oliveyards, which you planted not.
וָאֶתֵּ֨ן לָכֶ֜ם אֶ֣רֶץ ׀ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יָגַ֣עְתָּ בָּ֗הּ וְעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־בְנִיתֶ֔ם וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ בָּהֶ֑ם כְּרָמִ֤ים וְזֵיתִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־נְטַעְתֶּ֔ם אַתֶּ֖ם אֹכְלִֽים׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 6:10And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,
- Deut 6:12And thou shalt have eaten and be full:
- Deut 8:7For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land, of brooks and of waters, and of fountains: in the plains of which and the hills deep rivers break out:
- Josh 21:45
- Prov 13:22The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
- Josh 11:13Except the cities that were on hills and high places, the rest Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong he consumed with fire.