KJV 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.
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Psalm 78:55
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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,
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.
55 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.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁH1644 · ga.rashto drive out: drive outמִפְּנֵיהֶ֨ם׀H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeגּוֹיִ֗םH1471 · goynationוַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵםH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallבְּחֶ֣בֶלH2256 · che.velMahalabנַחֲלָ֑הH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceוַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ןH7931 · sha.khanto dwellבְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םH168 · o.heltentשִׁבְטֵ֥יH7626 · she.vettribe: staffיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Joshua 13:7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,Psalm 44:2[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.Nehemiah 9:22-25Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.Deuteronomy 6:10-12And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,Psalm 105:44-45And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;Psalm 136:18-22And slew famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Joshua 6:1-21Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.Joshua 19:51These [are] the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.Joshua 23:4Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.Psalm 135:10-12Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;Numbers 33:54And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: [and] to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s [inheritance] shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
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