“So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Joshua 21 contains 45 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.