Psalm - 135:12



12 and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 135:12.

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And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance to his people Israel.
And gave their land for an inheritance, an inheritance unto Israel his people.

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And gave their land for an heritage - See the notes at Psalm 111:6.

And (e) gave their land [for] an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
(e) He shows what fruit the godly conceive of God's power, by which they see how he destroys his enemies, and delivers his people.

And gave their land for an heritage,.... The land of the two kings before mentioned, which was given to the Reubenites, and Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh, Deuteronomy 3:12; and the lands belonging to the several kingdoms of Canaan were given to the rest of the tribes;
an heritage unto Israel his people; a type of the heavenly Canaan, the glorious, incorruptible, undefiled, and eternal inheritance; which is of God's free grace, chosen, prepared, and given; even a right unto it, and meetness for it, to the true and spiritual Israel of God, to his special people, his chosen, redeemed, and called ones.

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