Joshua 11:23 Cross References - ISV

²³ Joshua conquered the entire land, in accordance with everything that the LORD had told Moses. Joshua presented it as an inheritance to Israel, dividing it according to tribal allotments. Then the land enjoyed rest from war.

²⁷ “I’ll go ahead of you and terrorize all the people to whom you are coming. I’ll confuse your enemies and make them turn their backs on you and run away. ²⁸ I’ll send hornets ahead of you and they’ll drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you. ²⁹ I won’t drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate and so that wild animals do not overrun you. ³⁰ I’ll drive them out ahead of you little by little until you increase in numbers and possess the land.
³¹ “I’ll set your borders from the Reed Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, bringing the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you are to drive them out ahead of you.

¹¹ Obey what I am commanding you today and I’ll drive out from before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

⁵² Instructions on Dividing the LandThen the LORD told Moses, ⁵³ “The land is to be divided for an inheritance according to the total number of these names. ⁵⁴ The more there are in number, you are to increase their inheritance, and the less there are in number, you are to decrease their inheritance. You are to provide an inheritance to each based on the size of their family, ⁵⁵ but the land is to be divided by lot, inheriting according to the names of their ancestor’s tribe.

² “Issue these orders to the Israelis: ‘You’re about to enter the land of Canaan. This territory has been apportioned to you as your inheritance: the entire land of Canaan, all the way to its borders.’”
³ The Southern Border of Israel“‘To your south is the Wilderness of Zin, bordering Edom. Your southern border is to extend east toward the far end of the Dead Sea, ⁴ then it is to turn southward to the ascent of Akrabbim, cross Zin, and then run south of Kadesh-barnea and proceed from there to Hazar-addar and across to Azmon. ⁵ Then the border is to turn from Azmon toward the wadi of Egypt and from there to the Mediterranean Sea.’”
⁶ The Western Border of Israel“‘The western border is to be the Mediterranean Sea. This is to be the western border.’”
⁷ The Northern Border of Israel“‘Your northern border is to extend from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor. ⁸ From Mount Hor, you are to mark out the entrance to Hammath, with the border running through Zedad, ⁹ then through Ziphron, and then to Hazar-enan. This is to be the northern border.’”
¹⁰ The Eastern Border of Israel“‘You are to mark the border on the east from Hazar-enan to Shepham. ¹¹ The border is then to extend from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, then to the Sea of Chinnereth on the east. ¹² The border is to continue along the Jordan River all the way to the Dead Sea. This is to be your land, as measured by its boundaries.’”
¹³ Assigning Tribal ResponsibilitiesMoses commanded the Israelis, “You are to inherit this land by lot, just as the LORD commanded to give it to the remaining nine and a half tribes.

³⁸ However, Nun’s son Joshua, your assistant, will go there. Encourage him, for he will cause Israel to take possession of it.

²³ then the LORD will dispossess all these nations before you and you’ll dispossess nations that are even greater and stronger than you. ²⁴ Every place upon which the soles of your feet tread will be yours as boundaries—from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, from the Euphrates) to the Mediterranean Sea. ²⁵ No one will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God will instill terror and fear of you throughout the entire land wherever you go, just as he promised you.

⁹ for you haven’t arrived yet to your allotted place that the LORD your God is about to give you. ¹⁰ But after you have crossed the Jordan River and settled in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and after you have received relief from the enemies around you and are living securely,

¹⁹ Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies who surround you in the land that he is about to give you to possess as an inheritance, you must completely erase the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven. Don’t forget!”

¹⁸ Joshua fought an extended campaign against all those kings.

¹ Summary of AllocationsThis is what the Israelis inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Nun’s son Joshua, and the heads of the families of the Israelis allotted to them as an inheritance ² by lot, just as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine tribes and the half-tribe, ³ since Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe across the Jordan River. However, he did not give an inheritance to the descendants of Levi who lived among them, ⁴ since the descendants of Joseph constituted two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. They did not allot a portion to the descendants of Levi in the land, since they were given cities to live in, along with pastures for their livestock and property. ⁵ So the Israelis did just as the LORD had commanded Moses—they divided the land.
⁶ Caleb’s Request
After this, the descendants of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal. Jephunneh the Kenizzite’s son Caleb told him, “You know the promise that the LORD gave Moses the man of God concerning the two of us in Kadesh-barnea. ⁷ I was 40 years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout the land. I brought back an honest report to him. ⁸ As it happened, my fellow Israelis who went up with me terrified the people, but I fully followed the LORD my God. ⁹ Moses made a promise to me on that day when he said, ‘The land that you covered on foot will certainly be your inheritance. It will belong to your descendants forever, because you have fully followed the LORD my God.’
¹⁰ “Look how the LORD has let me survive, as you can see, these 45 years since the time when the LORD said this through Moses, while Israel was wandering through the wilderness. And look! I’m here today—my eighty-fifth birthday! ¹¹ I’m still as strong today as I was the day Moses commissioned me. I’m as strong today as I was then, and I can go out to battle and come back successful. ¹² Now then, give me that hill country about which the LORD spoke back on that day, because you yourself heard back then that the Anakim were there, with great reinforced cities. Perhaps the LORD will be with me and I will expel them, just as the LORD said.”
¹³ So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Jephunneh’s son Caleb for his inheritance. ¹⁴ Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Jephunneh the Kenizzite’s son Caleb, and it remains so today, because he fully followed the LORD God of Israel. ¹⁵ Hebron used to be known as Kiriath-arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. After all of this, the land enjoyed rest from war.

¹⁰ Joshua threw lots in Shiloh in the LORD’s presence and divided the land accordingly among the Israelis according to their divisions.

⁴⁴ The LORD gave them peace all around them, just as he had promised their ancestors. Not one of their enemies was able to oppose them—the LORD placed all of their enemies under their control. ⁴⁵ Not one of the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed—all of them came about.

⁴ Now the LORD has given peace to your relatives, just as he told them. Therefore, proceed to your tents—to the land that is yours to possess—that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan River.

¹ Joshua’s Retirement Address to IsraelMany years later, after the LORD had given peace between Israel and all its surrounding enemies, and after Joshua had become very old,

⁹ He causes wars to cease all over the earth, he causes the bow to break, the spear to snap, the chariots to ignite and burn.

⁷ I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith. ⁸ The victor’s crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on the day that he comes, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken later about another day.
⁹ There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep,