Joshua 18:3
Then Joshua said to the children of Israel, Why are you so slow to go in and take up your heritage in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
2But there were still seven tribes among the children of Israel who had not taken up their heritage.
Cross References
Joshua 1:6Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.
Judges 18:9And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.
Proverbs 10:4He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
Proverbs 15:19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
Zephaniah 3:16In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.
John 6:27Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 18:3-11
The Tabernacle at Shiloh. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. In the midst of the story of the dividing of the land comes in this account of the setting up of the tabernacle, which had hitherto continued in its old place in the centre of their camp; but now that three of the four squadrons that used to surround it in the wilderness were broken and diminished,… Read the whole commentary →