saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,”
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saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,”
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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
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Saying: 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.'
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 16:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 13:15 for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
- Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 26:53-56 “To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. To everyone according to those who were counted of him shall his inheritance be given. Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”
- Genesis 12:7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 17:8 I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
- Genesis 28:13-14 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring. Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
- Genesis 35:11-12 God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body. The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
- Micah 2:5 Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, cord, whereby parcels of land were measured.
Hebrew, cord, whereby parcels of land were measured.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. the lot] The Heb. word (“hebel”) means a…
18. the lot] The Heb. word (“hebel”) means a portion not assigned by lot but measured by line; cp. R.V. mg. Canaan is co-extensive with Israel’s inheritance.
inheritance] All nations receive an inheritance from God; Deu_32:8.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) The land of Canaan.—In the Hebrew the rhythm…
(18) The land of Canaan.—In the Hebrew the rhythm is marred here by omission of a particle (eth), found in Psa_105:11.
The lot.—Literally, as the measuring line (comp. Psa_16:5), i.e., as your measured or apportioned domain.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.