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He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/78.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/78.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/78.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also drove out the nations from them And apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement, And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/78.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He also drove out the nations before them, And He apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/78.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/78.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He also drove out the nations before the sons of Israel And allotted <i>their land</i> as an inheritance, measured out <i>and</i> partitioned; And He had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents [the tents of those who had been dispossessed].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/78.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them. He apportioned their inheritance by lot and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/78.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them. He apportioned their inheritance by lot and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/78.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/78.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He made nations run from the tribes of Israel, and he let the tribes take over their land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/78.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/78.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He forced nations out of their way and gave them the land of the nations as their inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their own tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/78.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He drove out the inhabitants as his people advanced; he divided their land among the tribes of Israel and gave their homes to his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/78.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them and allotted their tribal inheritance, settling the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/78.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/78.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/78.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/78.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/78.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/78.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And casts out nations from before them, "" And causes them to fall in the line of inheritance, "" And causes the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/78.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will cast out the nations from their face, and he will divide them by lot in the measure of inheritance, and he will cause the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/78.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/78.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 77:55>And he caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/78.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He drove out the nations before them, allotted them as their inherited portion, and settled in their tents the tribes of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/78.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/78.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He cast out the Gentiles from before them, and allotted them an inheritance by measure, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/78.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He destroyed the Gentiles from before them and he cast them the lots of his inheritance and the tribes of Israel dwelt in their tents.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/78.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/78.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he cast out the nations from before them, and made them to inherit by a line of inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/78-55.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9831" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/78.htm">I Will Open My Mouth in Parables</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">54</span>He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired. <span class="reftext">55</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1644.htm" title="1644: way·ḡā·reš (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To drive out, cast out. A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.">He drove out</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê·hem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: way·yap·pî·lêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and apportioned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: bə·ḥe·ḇel (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: na·ḥă·lāh (N-fs) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">their inheritance;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: way·yaš·kên (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">He settled</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šiḇ·ṭê (N-mpc) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">the tribes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: bə·’ā·ho·lê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">in their tents.</a> </span><span class="reftext">56</span>But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-4.htm">Joshua 23:4-5</a></span><br />See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea. / The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Nehemiah 9:22-24</a></span><br />You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan. / You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess. / So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1</a></span><br />When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-6.htm">Judges 2:6-7</a></span><br />After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance. / And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28-30</a></span><br />I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. / I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you. / Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">Joshua 21:43-45</a></span><br />Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it. / And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. / Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm">Deuteronomy 32:8</a></span><br />When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-54.htm">Numbers 33:54</a></span><br />And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-1.htm">Joshua 13:1-7</a></span><br />Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. / This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, / from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-18.htm">Joshua 24:18</a></span><br />And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-18.htm">1 Chronicles 16:18</a></span><br />‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Deuteronomy 11:23</a></span><br />then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-56.htm">1 Kings 8:56</a></span><br />“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.</p><p class="hdg">cost</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2</a></b></br> <i>How</i> thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; <i>how</i> thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">Psalm 105:44,45</a></b></br> And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/135-10.htm">Psalm 135:10-12</a></b></br> Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; … </p><p class="hdg">divided</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/33-54.htm">Numbers 33:54</a></b></br> And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: <i>and</i> to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's <i>inheritance</i> shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/13-7.htm">Joshua 13:7</a></b></br> Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Joshua 19:51</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.</p><p class="hdg">and made</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10-12</a></b></br> 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, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/23-12.htm">Allotted</a> <a href="/job/38-24.htm">Apportioned</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/50-17.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/psalms/78-13.htm">Divided</a> <a href="/psalms/78-26.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/psalms/75-3.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/psalms/78-28.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/59-8.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/psalms/49-11.htm">Homes</a> <a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/psalms/78-41.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/psalms/19-4.htm">Line</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Marking</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-11.htm">Measurement</a> <a href="/psalms/77-14.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/73-9.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/psalms/78-28.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/psalms/68-10.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/psalms/78-51.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/psalms/72-9.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/125-3.htm">Allotted</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-17.htm">Apportioned</a> <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Casteth</a> <a href="/psalms/81-16.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/psalms/136-13.htm">Divided</a> <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/psalms/78-66.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/psalms/82-7.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/78-62.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/psalms/109-10.htm">Homes</a> <a href="/psalms/78-62.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/psalms/89-4.htm">Line</a> <a href="/luke/14-7.htm">Marking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-10.htm">Measurement</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/83-12.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/psalms/79-3.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/psalms/119-89.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/psalms/105-37.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 78</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-9.htm">The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient</a></span><br><span class="reftext">67. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/78-67.htm">The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/78.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/78.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He drove out nations before them</b><br>This phrase refers to God's actions in the conquest of Canaan, where He enabled the Israelites to defeat and displace the existing inhabitants of the land. This event is a fulfillment of the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob regarding the land of Canaan (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). The driving out of nations is also a demonstration of God's sovereignty and judgment against the Canaanites' idolatry and immorality (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5</a>). Archaeological evidence supports the existence of various Canaanite city-states during this period, which were eventually overtaken by the Israelites.<p><b>and apportioned their inheritance</b><br>This phrase highlights God's role in dividing the land among the tribes of Israel, as described in the book of Joshua (Joshua 13-21). The land was distributed by lot, which was seen as a means of divine decision-making (<a href="/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33</a>). This apportionment was not just a physical allocation but also a spiritual inheritance, as the land was considered a gift from God, fulfilling His covenant promises. The concept of inheritance is significant in biblical theology, symbolizing the blessings and responsibilities of being God's chosen people.<p><b>He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents</b><br>This phrase indicates the establishment of the Israelites in the Promised Land, where each tribe received its designated territory. The reference to "tents" may evoke the imagery of the Israelites' nomadic past during the wilderness wanderings, contrasting with their new settled life in Canaan. This settlement was a crucial step in the formation of Israel as a nation, allowing them to develop socially, economically, and religiously. Theologically, it points to God's faithfulness in providing rest and security for His people, a theme echoed in the New Testament with the spiritual rest found in Christ (<a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8-10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the one who actively drives out nations and apportions the land to Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>These are the pagan nations that occupied the Promised Land before the Israelites. God drove them out to fulfill His promise to Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who receive the inheritance of the land as promised to their forefathers.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tribes_of_israel.htm">Tribes of Israel</a></b><br>The twelve tribes that descended from the sons of Jacob, each receiving a portion of the land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a></b><br>God is sovereign over nations and history. He fulfills His promises, as seen in the inheritance given to Israel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Israel's inheritance was contingent upon their obedience to God's commands. We, too, must live in obedience to receive God's blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_inheritance.htm">Spiritual Inheritance</a></b><br>Just as Israel received a physical inheritance, believers receive a spiritual inheritance in Christ. We are called to live in the fullness of this inheritance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_guidance.htm">God's Provision and Guidance</a></b><br>God not only provides but also guides His people to their rightful place. Trust in His provision and guidance in your life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_god's_promises.htm">The Role of Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Faith is essential in receiving God's promises. Israel had to trust God to drive out the nations and give them the land.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_78.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 78</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_the_name_israel.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on nationalism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_reveal_only_to_israelites,_not_all.htm">If God created all people, why did He only reveal Himself to the Israelites in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_tribe_of_levi's_role.htm">What role did the Tribe of Levi serve biblically?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_an_heir_in_the_bible.htm">What does being an heir mean in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/78.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 55.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He cast out the heathen also before them</span> (comp. <a href="/exodus/34-24.htm">Exodus 34:24</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1</a>; <a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">1 Kings 21:26</a>: <a href="/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2</a>, etc.). "They get not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but God's right hand, and his arm, and the light of his countenance" (<a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And divided them an inheritance by line.</span> The measuring line, which was employed in parcelling out territory, is intended (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/31-39.htm">Jeremiah 31:39</a>; <a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Amos 7:17</a>). Joshua's division of the land (<a href="/joshua/15.htm">Joshua 15-19</a>.) among the tribes is specially pointed at. <span class="cmt_word">And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> in the tents of the heathen - the abodes of the Hivites, Hittites, Amorites, Porizzites, Girgashites, and Jebusites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/78-55.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He drove out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḡā·reš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1644.htm">Strong's 1644: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nations</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹיִ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before them</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵיהֶ֨ם ׀</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and apportioned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yap·pî·lêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their inheritance;</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחֲלָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥă·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He settled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaš·kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm">Strong's 7931: </a> </span><span class="str2">To settle down, abide, dwell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the tribes</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְטֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·ṭê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their tents.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·ho·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 78:55 He also drove out the nations before (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/78-54.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 78:54"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:54" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/78-56.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 78:56"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 78:56" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>