Nehemiah 9:24 Meaning and Explanation
“So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.”
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What Does Nehemiah 9:24 Mean?
The prayer reaches the conquest itself. The children of Israel went in and took the land, for God subdued the Canaanites before them, delivering the inhabitants and their kings into Israel's hands.
The victory belonged to God. He went before His people and made the conquest possible, fulfilling the promise that had waited generations. The assembly remembers that every blessing of the land traced back to God's action on their behalf. They possessed it because He gave it, a gift to be held in gratitude, not pride.
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What does Nehemiah 9:24 mean?
The people entered and possessed the land as God subdued its inhabitants before them.