Joshua 14:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע מֹשֶׁ֗ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַהוּא֮ לֵאמֹר֒ אִם־לֹ֗א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דָּרְכָ֤ה רַגְלְךָ֙ בָּ֔הּ לְךָ֨ תִֽהְיֶ֧ה לְנַחֲלָ֛ה וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם כִּ֣י מִלֵּ֔אתָ אַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃

Transliteration

And wayyiššābaʿ mōšeh in hayyôm hahûʾ lēʾmōr surely hāʾāreṣ which dārᵊkāh your raglᵊkā on it to you tihyeh for naḥălāh and to your bāneykā until ʿôlām because millēʾtā after YHWH my ʾĕlōhāy.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction - and
*yiššābaʿ*: verb, niphal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - he swore
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ba*: preposition + definite article - in the
*yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
*ha*: definite article - the
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - that
*lē*: preposition - to
*ʾmōr*: verb, qal infinitive construct - saying
*ʾim lōʾ*: formula of oath - surely
*hā*: definite article - the
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*dārᵊkāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - it trod
*raglᵊkā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your foot
*bāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - on it
*lᵊkā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*tihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be
*lᵊ*: preposition - for
*naḥălāh*: noun, feminine singular - inheritance
*wᵊ*: conjunction - and
*bāneykā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sons
*ʿad*: preposition - until
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - eternity
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*millēʾtā*: verb, piel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you fully followed
*ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhāy*: noun, masculine plural + 1st singular suffix - my God

Word Meanings

*yiššābaʿ*: swore/took an oath
*ʾim lōʾ*: surely/certainly/indeed
*dārᵊkāh*: trod/walked/stepped
*tihyeh*: will be/shall become
*naḥălāh*: inheritance/possession/property
*ʿôlām*: eternity/forever/perpetuity
*millēʾtā*: fully followed/completely obeyed/wholly pursued

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Referenced Verses

Deut 1:36 : 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
Josh 1:3 : 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
Num 13:22 : 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were.(Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Num 14:22-24 : 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 1:34-36
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34And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
36Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
Josh 1:2-3
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2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
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Josh 14:8
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8Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Josh 14:10
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10And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
Deut 34:4
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4And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Deut 11:8-9
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8Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
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Num 32:11-12
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11Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
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Deut 31:23
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23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
Deut 1:8
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8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Deut 31:7
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7And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
Josh 1:6
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6Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
Num 14:30
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30Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Deut 4:21-22
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21Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
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Deut 11:24
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24Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Num 34:13
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Deut 10:11
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11And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
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39And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
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6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deut 32:49
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49Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Exod 33:1
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1And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
Josh 1:15
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15Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
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Num 14:23-24
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23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
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Neh 9:15
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15And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Deut 1:38
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38But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Josh 1:13
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13Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
Exod 6:8
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8And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
Deut 11:21
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21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Exod 13:19
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19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Exod 32:13
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13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Deut 4:40
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40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deut 30:20
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20That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Deut 12:9
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