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Joshua 21:45

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Not one good thing that the LORD had promised to the people of Israel failed to happen; everything came to pass.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse celebrates that God kept every single promise He made to Israel, not one good thing He promised failed to come true.

📚 Historical Context

In the Book of Joshua, which recounts the Israelites' conquest and settlement of the Promised Land after their exodus from Egypt, this verse comes at the end of a section where the tribes receive their allotted territories. God had promised Abraham centuries earlier that his descendants would possess the land of Canaan, and by this point in the narrative, all those promises had been fulfilled as the Israelites established themselves. This highlights the historical reliability of God's covenants with Israel, showing how His word proved true through the events of the conquest.

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