Psalm 78:55 “He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He…”

Psalm 78:55

He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

World English Bible

He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

American Standard Version

He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Geneva Bible 1599

He cast out the heathe also before them, and caused them to fall to the lot of his inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

Darby Translation

And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Young's Literal Translation

And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

Bible in Basic English

Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place.

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Cross references

“cost”

Psalm 44:2 Nehemiah 9:22–25 Psalm 136:18–22 Joshua 6:1–21 Psalm 135:10–12 Psalm 105:44

Psalm 44:2 · BSB

With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

Nehemiah 9:22–25 · BSB

You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.

Psalm 136:18–22 · BSB

and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever.

Joshua 6:1–21 · BSB

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

Psalm 135:10–12 · BSB

He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:

Psalm 105:44 · BSB

He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

“divided”

Joshua 13:7 Numbers 33:54 Joshua 19:51

Joshua 13:7 · BSB

Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

Numbers 33:54 · BSB

And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inh…

Joshua 19:51 · BSB

These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they fi…

“and made”

Deuteronomy 6:10–12

Deuteronomy 6:10–12 · BSB

And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

Also

Joshua 23:4

Joshua 23:4 · BSB

See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

54He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

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