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NASB | Joshua 1:4 "From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your territory. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joshua 1:4 "From the wilderness [of Arabia in the south] and this Lebanon [in the north], even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates [in the east], all the land of the Hittites (Canaan), and as far as the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward the west shall be your territory. |
Bible Question: From this verse it appears that God gave Israel more land than they are currently fighting over. Was this promise fulfilled? |
Bible Answer: God always, always, always keeps his word. From the verse cited, it is apparent that he promised Israel more land than they ever actually accepted. To unserstand why they never actually owned all that was offered to them, one need only read the previous verse. They had to take it. The fact that they never took it all is amply illustrated in Judges chapter 1. |