1. Joshua 1:2 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Is the land at this point still for Israel to inherit?

Joshua 1:2 (ESV)

2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.

The language that God uses over verses 2 and 3 is noteworthy. In verse 2, God talks about the land that I am giving, and in verse 3 he speaks of the land I have given. There’s a sense of already and not yet. The title deeds of the land belong to the people of Israel—it is theirs by right now—but the land still needs to be claimed and lived in.