And 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,
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land he promised to your ancestors—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—he will give you large and beautiful cities that you didn't build,
God is promising to give his people a wonderful land with cities they didn't have to work to build—it's all a gift from him.
📚 Historical Context
Moses is speaking to the Israelites who have been wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, preparing them for entering the Promised Land of Canaan. He's reminding them that God made this promise centuries earlier to their founding fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Canaanite cities they would inherit were already established, fortified settlements that would save the Israelites years of construction work.
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