Joshua 24:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joshua 24:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joshua 24:8 is a verse from the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I g..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joshua 24:8 — KJV
“And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.”
— Joshua 24:8 (KJV)
Joshua 24:8 in Context — About the Book of Joshua
Joshua is the book of possessed promises. After Moses' death, Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan, around Jericho's walls, and into the inheritance God swore to Abraham. It is a manual for courage — God's command to be strong and courageous frames the whole conquest.
Cross-References for Joshua 24:8
“And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!”
Shares key themes with Joshua 24:8: brought, into, amorites
“So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. as they...: Heb. according to their will”
Shares key themes with Joshua 24:8: into, land, gave
“We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 24:8: into, land, side
“The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. succeeded: Heb. inherited stead: or, room”
Shares key themes with Joshua 24:8: land, dwelt, gave
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
Shares key themes with Joshua 24:8: into, land, amorites
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