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I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn`t build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards and olive groves which you didn`t plant do you eat.

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God's Unearned Gifts

Commentators emphasize that this verse details God's pure grace. Israel received a land they didn't have to develop, cities they didn't build, and food from vineyards and olive groves they didn't plant. Scholars note this is a direct fulfillment of promises like those in Deuteronomy 6, highlighting that their new life was an unmerited inheritance, not something earned by their own labor.

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John Gill

John Gill

On Joshua 24:13

17th Century

Pastor

And I have given you a land for which you did not labour
Or, in which F26 , by manuring and cultivating i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Joshua 24:1–14

17th Century

Minister

We must never think our work for God is done until our life is done. If He lengthens our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is …

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