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Psalms 135:12
12He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
Psalms 135:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
- New International Version (NIV)and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people.
Context of Psalms 135:12
10He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings: 11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan. He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel. 13Lord, your name endures forever, your reputation, Lord, through all generations. 14For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
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וְנָתַ֣ן אַרְצָ֣ם נַחֲלָ֑ה נַ֝חֲלָ֗ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עַמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 135:12
- Psalms 44:1God, we have heard with our ears — our ancestors have told us — the work you accomplished in their days, in days long ago:
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them. He apportioned their inheritance by lot and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Psalms 136:21and gave their land as an inheritance, His faithful love endures forever.
- Numbers 33:54You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.
- Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the Lord had told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. After this, the land had rest from war.
- Joshua 12:7Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends toward Seir (Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments:
Commentaries on Psalms 135:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And gave their land for an heritage - See the notes at Psalm 111:6.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures for ever. He will return in ways of mercy to them, and will delight to do them good.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12The Lord had complete authority and power over the exodus and the conquest of the promised land.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. The conquest of Canaan was by God's power, not that of the people.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 135
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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