And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
The Lord gave unto Israel all the land. 'The distribution of property in the Jewish nation was founded on this principle, that the Lord having been the sole power which gave them possession of the land of Canaan, each individual was to consider himself as holding his portion of it directly by a divine grant, on such tenure and such conditions as that grant prescribed' (cf. Leviticus 25:23; Leviticus 25:42; Leviticus 25:53; Leviticus 26:34-35; Graves, 1:, p. 227). This is a general winding up of the history from Joshua 13:1-33, which narrates the occupation of the land by the Israelites. All the promises made, whether to the people or to Joshua (Joshua 1:5), had been, or were in the course of being, fulfilled; and the recorded experience of the Israelites (Joshua 21:45) is a ground of hope and confidence to the people of God in every age, that all other promises made to the Church will in due time be accomplished.