Joshua 18:3

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

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WEBBE

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

BSB

So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

KJV

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

ASV

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?

BBE

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?

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ye·ho·shu·a' Joshua H3091 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 אָנָה 'a·nah when H575 אַתֶּם 'a·tem [will] you H859 מִתְרַפִּים mit·ra·pim [be] showing yourself slack H7503 לָבוֹא la·vo' to go H935 לָרֶשֶׁת la·re·shet to take possession of H3423 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 נָתַן na·tan he has given H5414 לָכֶם la·khem to (the) you H9036 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֵי 'e·lo·hei [the] God of H430 אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם 'a·vo·tei·khem ancestors your H1

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 2–10

After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take possession of their lots. He is ready to do his part, if they will do theirs.

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