Quotes About Faith

So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

Jattir, Eshtemoa,

Holon, Debir,

Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim

Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,

In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kishion, Daberath,

From the tribe of Asher they were given Mishal, Abdon,

Dimnah, and Nahalal—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.

Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Not one of all the LORDís good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.

(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,

And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.