Joshua 24:13

I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’

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WEBBE

I gave you a land on which you had not laboured, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’

BSB

So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’

KJV

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.

ASV

And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

BBE

And I gave you a land on which you had done no work, and towns not of your building, and you are now living in them; and your food comes from vine-gardens and olive-gardens not of your planting.

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וָאֶתֵּן va·'e·ten and I gave H5414 לָכֶם la·khem to (the) you H9036 אֶרֶץ 'e·retz a land H776 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 יָגַעְתָּ ya·ga'·ta you had labored H3021 בָּהּ bah for it H9034 וְעָרִים ve·'a·rim and cities H5892 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 בְנִיתֶם ve·ni·tem you had built H1129 וַתֵּשְׁבוּ va·te·she·vu and you dwelt H3427 בָּהֶם ba·hem in (the) them H9038 כְּרָמִים ke·ra·mim vineyards H3754 וְזֵיתִים ve·zei·tim and olive trees H2132 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 נְטַעְתֶּם ne·ta'·tem you had planted H5193 אַתֶּם 'a·tem you H859 אֹכְלִים 'o·khe·lim [are] eating H398

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–14

We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to do. He who aims at the same mind which was in Christ Jesus, will glory in bearing the last testimony to his Saviour's goodness, and in telling to all around, the obligations with which the unmerited goodness of God has bound him. The assembly came together in a solemn religious manner. Joshua spake to them in God's name, and as from him. His sermon consists of doctrine and application. The doctrinal part is a history of the great things God had done for his people, and for their fathers before them. The application of this history of God's mercies to them, is an exhortation to fear and serve God, in gratitude for his favour, and that it might be continued.

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