Joshua 18:3
and Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Till when are ye remiss to go in to possess the land which He hath given to you, Jehovah, God of your fathers?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2And there are left among the sons of Israel who have not shared their inheritance, seven tribes,
Cross References
Joshua 1:6be strong and courageous, for thou — thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.
Judges 18:9And they say, 'Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go — to enter to possess the land.
Proverbs 10:4Poor [is] he who is working — a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
Zephaniah 3:16In that day it is said to Jerusalem, 'Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.
John 6:27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal — [even] God.'
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 →