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Ki̇tap (Turkish Bible)
Yeşu 14:9
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Joshua 1:3, Numbers 13:22, Numbers 14:22-24
Reciprocal: Numbers 14:24 - followed me Numbers 32:11 - because Numbers 32:12 - for Deuteronomy 11:24 - General Joshua 14:14 - because Judges 1:20 - they gave Psalms 78:8 - whose
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Moses sware on that day, saying,.... Or declared the oath of the Lord, for it was the Lord that sware to what follows; see Deuteronomy 1:34;
surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever: not the whole land of Canaan, nor all the parts of it Caleb travelled through, but particularly Hebron; which though not expressly mentioned in the aforesaid oath, yet was understood and known to be the meaning of it, and which Joshua by the following grant owned, and it is elsewhere expressly affirmed, Judges 1:20; and it is remarked, that it is not said "they", but "he" came to Hebron, Numbers 13:22; that is Caleb, so that it was literally true that his feet had trodden there: now the reason of this oath, and the inheritance assured by it to Caleb, was,
because thou hast wholly followed the Lord thy God; in all his ways, and with full purpose of heart, and particularly had acted the upright and faithful part in the report he made of the good land;
Numbers 13:22- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Moses sware - i. e. God swore; and His promise, confirmed by an oath, was communicated, of course, through Moses.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 14:9. The land whereon thy feet have trodden — This probably refers to Hebron, which was no doubt mentioned on this occasion.