Psalm 136:21 {135:21}
Good News Translation
He gave their lands to his people; his love is eternal;

New Revised Standard Version
and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Contemporary English Version
God took away their land. God's love never fails.

New American Bible
And made their lands a heritage, for his mercy endures forever;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 44:2,3 We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old. . . .

Psalm 78:55 And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

Psalm 105:44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:

Psalm 135:12 And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance to his people Israel.

Numbers 32:33 Moses therefore gave to the children of Gad and of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasses the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and their land and the cities thereof round about.

Deuteronomy 3:12-17 And we possessed the land at that time from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Arnon, unto the half of mount Galaad: and I gave the cities thereof to Ruben and Gad. . . .

Joshua 12:1 These are the kings, whom the children of Israel slew and possessed their land beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun, from the torrent Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the east country that looketh towards the wilderness.

Joshua 13:1 Joshua was old, and far advanced in years, and the Lord said to him: Thou art grown old, and advanced in age, and there is a very large country left, which is not yet divided by lot:

Joshua 14:1 This is what the children of Israel possessed in the land of Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gave to them.

Joshua 15:1 Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast.

Joshua 16:1 And the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan over against Jericho and the waters thereof, on the east: the wilderness which goeth up from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel:

Joshua 17:1 And this lot fell to the tribe of Manasses for he is the firstborn of Joseph to Machir the firstborn of Manasses the father of Galaad, who was a warlike man, and had for possession Galaad and Basan.

Joshua 18:1 And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them.

Joshua 19:1 And the second lot came forth for the children of Simeon by their kindreds: and their inheritance was

Joshua 20:1 And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: Speak to children of Israel and say to them:

Joshua 21:1 Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel

Nehemiah 9:22-24 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan. . . .

Context
His Loving Faithfulness Endures Forever
20And Og king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever. 21And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever.22For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for his mercy endureth for ever.…
Cross References
Exodus 6:8
And brought you into the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and I will give it you to possess: I am the Lord.

Joshua 12:1
These are the kings, whom the children of Israel slew and possessed their land beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun, from the torrent Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the east country that looketh towards the wilderness.

Psalm 135:12
And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance to his people Israel.

Psalm 136:20
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