Lexicon :: Strong's G2816 - klēronomeō

Abram continued, “Look, you have given me no offspring, so a slave born in[fn] my house will be my heir.”

He also said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

So she said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave with her son, for the son of this slave will not be a coheir with my son Isaac! ”

“I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their[fn] enemies.

They blessed Rebekah, saying to her:

Our sister, may you become

thousands upon ten thousands.

May your offspring possess

the city gates of their[fn] enemies.

“May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

“I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous[fn] and take possession of the land.

“And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who set you apart from the peoples.

“But since my servant Caleb has a different spirit and has remained loyal to me, I will bring him into the land where he has gone, and his descendants will inherit it.

“I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.

The LORD told Aaron, “You will not have an inheritance in their land; there will be no portion among them for you. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

“The Levites will do the work of the tent of meeting, and they will bear the consequences of their iniquity. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left,[fn] and they took possession of his land.

“The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.

“The land is to be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.

“If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative of his clan, and he will take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites as the LORD commanded Moses.”

“Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance will be across the Jordan to the east.”

“You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

“These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: the priest Eleazar and Joshua son of Nun.

“Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.”

“See, I have set the land before you. Enter and take possession of the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their future descendants.’

“See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

“Your children, who you said would be plunder, your sons who[fn] don’t yet know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it.

“The LORD said to me, ‘Show no hostility toward Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot.’ ”

“The LORD also said, ‘Get up, move out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have handed the Amorites’ King Sihon of Heshbon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession of it; engage[fn] him in battle.

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land to you. Begin to take possession of it.’

“At that time we took possession of this land. I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Aroer by the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead along with its cities.

“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

“Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to possess.

“At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to follow in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

“I won’t be crossing the Jordan because I am going to die in this land. But you are about to cross over and take possession of this good land.

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.

“to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as is now taking place.

They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,

“Follow the whole instruction the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live, prosper, and have a long life in the land you will possess.

“This is the command ​— ​the statutes and ordinances ​— ​the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess.

“Do what is right and good in the LORD’s sight, so that you may prosper and so that you may enter and possess the good land the LORD your God swore to give your ancestors,

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and he drives out many nations before you ​— ​the Hethites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you ​— ​

“Carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the LORD swore to your ancestors.

“Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

“When the LORD your God drives them out before you, do not say to yourself, ‘The LORD brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.’ Instead, the LORD will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

“When the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, he said, ‘Go up and possess the land I have given you’; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did not believe or obey him.

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, so that they may enter and possess the land I swore to give their ancestors.’

“Keep every command I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to cross into and possess the land you are to inherit,