Joshua 24:13

And he gave you a land on which ye did not labour, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and ye + 24:13 Or, shall eat.eat of vineyards and oliveyards which ye did not plant.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

In Context

12And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, even twelve kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

14And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:10And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware to thy fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and beautiful cities which thou didst not build,

Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains + 8:7 Or, issuing from deep places.of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains:

Joshua 11:13But all the walled cities Israel burnt not; but Israel burnt Asor only.

Proverbs 13:22A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:2-15

Joshua's Farewell Address to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham… Read the whole commentary →

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