Bible Verses About Settlement

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.