U-IsrayeliOmkhulu
UJehovawayesethiku-Abrama:“Phuma ezwenilakini,nasezihlotshenizakho, nasendlinikayihlo,uyeezweni engizakukukhombisalona;ngiyakukwenza isizweesikhulu,ngikubusise,ngenze igamalakholibelikhulu;wenaube yisibusiso;ngiyakubabusisa abakubusisayo,ngimqalekise okuqalekisayo;imindeniyonkeyomhlaba iyakubusiswakuwe.”Genesise12:1-3
SibusisiweisizweesiNkulunkuluwaso unguJehova,nesizweasikhethileyosibeyifa lakhe.IHubo33:12
NgalolosukuuJehovawenzaisivumelwanono-Abrama,wathi:“Nginikeinzaloyakholeli zwe,kusukelaemfuleniwaseGibhithekuzekubesemfuleniomkhulu,umfulaiEwufrathe:amaKheni,namaKhenizi,namaKadimoni,namaHeti,namaPherizi, namaRefayimi,nama-Amori,namaKhanani,namaGirigashi,namaJebusi.”
UGenesise15:18-21
Ngizokunikawenanenzaloyakhoemvakwakho,izweohlalakulonjengesihambi,lonke izwelaseKhanani,libeyifalaphakade;ngibenguNkulunkuluwabo.UGenesise17:8
UNkulunkuluwakhulumanoMose,wathikuye:“NginguJehova:NgabonakalakuAbrahama,naku-Isaka,nakuJakobe,ngegamalikaNkulunkuluuSomandla,kodwa ngegamalamiuJehovaangizangengizaziswekubo.Futhingimiseisivumelwanosami
nabo,ukubanikaizwelaseKhanani,izwelokugogobalakwabo,laphobabengabafokazi khona.”U-Eksodusi6:2-4
NginguJehovauNkulunkuluwenu,owanikhiphaezwenilaseGibhithe,ukuninikaizwe laseKhanani,ngibenguNkulunkuluwenu.Levitikusi25:38
Phendukani,nihambe,niyeentabeniyama-Amori,nasezindawenizonkeeziseduze nayo,ethafeni,nasezintabeni,nasesigodini,naseningizimu,nangasogwinilolwandle, ezwenilamaKhanani,naseLebanoni,emfuleniomkhulu,umfulai-Ewufrathe.Bhekani, ngibekeizwephambikwenu:ngenaninilidleizweuJehovaalifungelaoyihlo,uAbrahama,no-Isaka,noJakobe,ukubanikalonanenzaloyaboemvakwabo.
Duteronomi1:7-8
Ngokubaumanigcinayonkelemiyaloenginiyalangayoukubaniyenze,nimthande uJehovauNkulunkuluwenu,nihambengezindlelazakhezonke,ninamathelekuye; uJehovauyakuzixoshazonkelezizizwephambikwenu,nidleizizweezinkulu nezinamandlakunani.Yonkeindawolaphoamatheezinyawozenueyakunyathela khonaiyakubangeyakho:kusukelaehlanenaseLebanoni,kusukelaemfuleni,umfula i-Ewufrathe,kuzekubeselwandleolusentshonalangakuyakubangumkhawulowenu.
Akukhomuntuoyokumaphambikwenu,ngokubauJehovauNkulunkuluwenu uyakubekauvalonokwesabanganiezwenilonkeeniyakunyathelakulo,njengalokho eshilokini.Duteronomi11:22-25
Khuphukelakulentabai-Abarimi,entabeniyaseNebo,esezwenilakwaMowabi, elibhekeneneJeriko;uboneizwelaseKhananiengilinikaabantwanabakwa-Israyeli libeyifalabo.Duteronomi32:49
KwathiemvakokufakukaMoseincekukaJehova,uJehovawakhulumanoJoshuwa indodanakaNuni,isikhonzisikaMose,wathi:“UMoseincekuyamiufile;ngalokho suka,uweleleliJordani,wenanabobonkelababantu,uyeezweniengibanikalona, abantwanabakwa-Israyeli.Yonkeindawolaphoamatheonyawolwakho
eyakunyathelakhona,ngininikeyona,njengalokhongashokuMose.Kusukelaehlane nakuleliLebanonikuzekubesemfuleniomkhulu,umfulai-Ewufrathe,lonkeizwe lamaHeti,nasolwandleolukhulungasentshonalanga,kuyakubangumkhawulowakho.
Akukhomuntuoyokumaphambikwakhozonkeizinsukuzokuphilakwakho; njengalokhonganginayeuMose,namingiyakubanawe;angiyikukulahla, angiyikukushiya.”Qina,ubenesibindi,ngokubawenauyakubabelalababantuifa lezweengalifungelaoyiseukubanikalona.Joshuwa1:1-6
Lawaangamazweabantwanabakwa-IsrayeliabawadlanjengefaezwenilaseKhanani, lawou-Eleyazareumpristi,noJoshuwaindodanakaNuni,nezinhlokozoyisebezizwe zabantwanabakwa-Israyeli,abawabelawonanjengefa.UJoshuwa14:1
UDavidewanqobanoHadadezeriindodanakaRehobe,inkosiyaseSoba,laphoeya ukubuyisaumkhawulowakheemfulenii-Ewufrathe.2Samuweli8:3
Ngishonesivumelwanoasenzano-Abrahama,nesifungosakheku-Isaka;wasiqinisa kuJakobesabangumthetho,naku-Israyelisabayisivumelwanoesiphakade,ethi: “NgizokunikaizwelaseKhanani,isabelosefalakho;niseyingcosana,niyingcosana, ningabafokazikulo.”1IziKronike16:16-19
UDavidewanqobauHadadezeriinkosiyaseSobakwazekwabaseHamati,laphoeya ukuyomisaumbusowakhengasemfulenii-Ewufrathe.1IziKronike18:3
Lesosivumelwanoasenzano-Abrahama,nesifungosakheku-Isaka;WasiqinisakuJakobe sabangumthetho,naku-Israyelisabayisivumelwanoesiphakade:Ethi,Ngizokunikaizwe laseKhanani,isabelosefalakho:Ngesikhathibesebancanengenani;yebo,bebancane kakhulu,futhibengabafokazikulo.IHubo105:9-12
Owashayaizizweezinkulu,wabulalaamakhosianamandla;uSihoniinkosiyama-Amori,no-
OgiinkosiyaseBashani,nayoyonkeimibusoyaseKhanani:Wanikaizwelabolabayifa,libe yifalika-Israyeliabantubakhe.Igamalakho,Jehova,limikuzekubephakade;nesikhumbuzo sakho,Jehova,ezizukulwaneningezizukulwane.IHubo135:10-13
Kwathingonyakaweshuminanhlanuwokuhlalakuka-AbramaezwenilaseKhanani, okungumnyakawamashumiayisikhombisawokuphilakuka-Abrama,uJehovawabonakalakuAbramangalowonyaka,wathikuye:NginguJehovaowakukhiphae-UriKasdimiukukunikaleli zwelibeyifalakho.Ngakho-kehambaphambikwami,ubengophelele,ugcineimiyaloyami, ngokubangiyakunikawenanenzaloyakholelizwelibeyifalakho,kusukelaemfuleni iGibhithekuzekubesemfuleniomkhului-Ewufrathe.Jasher13:17-18
U-EsawuwasukumawabuyelakuJakobe,wenzakonkeuNebayotiindodanakaIshmayeliayekucebisile;u-Esawuwathathayonkeingcebou-Isakaayeyishiyile, imiphefumulo,izilwane,izinkomo,nempahla,nayoyonkeingcebo;akamnikanga luthouJakobeumfowabo;uJakobewathathalonkeizwelaseKhanani,kusukela emfuleniwaseGibhithekuzekubesemfulenii-Ewufrathe,walithathalabayifa laphakade,nelabantwanabakhenenzaloyakheemvakwakhekuzekubephakade.
NankaamazwiuJakobeawabhalaencwadini,ethi:IzwelaseKhananinayoyonkeimizi yamaHeti,amaHivi,amaJebusi,ama-Amori,amaPherizi,namaGerigashi,zonkeizizwe eziyisikhombisakusukelaemfuleniwaseGibhithekuzekubesemfulenii-Ewufrathe.
Jasher47:24,27
KwathingemvakokufakukaMoselaphouJehovaethikuJoshuwaindodanakaNuni, “SukauweleiJordaniuyeezweniengilinikileabantwanabakwa-Israyeli,futhi uzolinikaabantwanabakwa-Israyeliifalezwe.”Yonkeindawolaphoamatheezinyawo zakhoayonyathelakhonaizobangeyenu,kusukelaehlanelaseLebhanonikuzekube semfuleniomkhulu,umfulai-Ewufratheuzobaumkhawulowenu.Jasher88:1-3
Wathikuye:‘NginguJehovaowakukhiphae-UrilamaKaledi,ukukunika izwelamaKhananiukubaulidlekuzekubephakade;ngibe nguNkulunkuluwakhonenzaloyakhoemvakwakho.’Ngalolosuku uJehovawenzaisivumelwanono-Abrama,wathi:‘Ngizonikainzaloyakho lelizwe,kusukelaemfuleniwaseGibhithekuzekubesemfuleniomkhulu, umfulai-Ewufrathe,amaKheni,amaKhenizi,amaKadimoni,amaPherizi, namaRefayimi,amaPhakori,namaHivi,nama-Amori,namaKhanani, namaGirigashi,namaJebusi.AmaJubili14:7,18
Ngizokunikawenanenzaloyakhoemvakwakhoizweobukadeugogobele kulo,izwelaseKhanani,ukuzeulidlekuzekubephakade,minangibe nguNkulunkuluwabo.AmaJubili15:10
NgathikubabauJakobe:UJehovauyakuchithaamaKhananingawe, akunikewenanenzaloyakhoemvakwakhoizwelawo.ITestamente likaLevi3:10
EmvakwalezizintokuyakuvelakuweiNkosiuqobo(uJesuKristu), ukukhanyakokulunga,ubuyeleezwenilakini.ITestamente likaZebuloni2:32
Futhingemvakokubaseninciphilefuthiseninciphile,niyabuya nimqapheleuJehovauNkulunkuluwenu;futhiuyakunibuyisela ezwenilakini,ngokomusawakheomkhulu.
ITestamentelikaNafetali1:30