Hebrews 4:8
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For if Jesus had given them rest he would never have afterwards spoken of another day.

Jesus, that is, Joshua.

Acts 7:45 Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles: whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David,

had.

Hebrews 11:13-15 All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. . . .

Deuteronomy 12:9 For until this present time you are not come to rest, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you.

Deuteronomy 25:19 Therefore when the Lord thy God shall give thee rest, and shall have subdued all the nations round about in the land which he hath promised thee: thou shalt blot out his name from under heaven. See thou forget it not.

Joshua 1:15 Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them: and so you shall return into the land of your possession, and you shall dwell in it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.

Joshua 22:4 Therefore as the Lord your God hath given your brethren rest and peace, as he promised: return, and go to your dwellings, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan:

Joshua 23:1 And when a long time was passed, after that the Lord had given peace to Israel, all the nations round about being subdued. and Joshua being now old, and far advanced in years:

Psalm 78:55 And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

Psalm 105:44 And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:

Context
The Sabbath Rest
7Again he limiteth a certain day, saying in David; To day, after so long a time as it is above said: To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8For if Jesus had given them rest he would never have afterwards spoken of another day. 9There remaineth therefore a day of rest for the people of God.…
Cross References
Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses, and delivered it in possession to the children of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars.

Joshua 22:4
Therefore as the Lord your God hath given your brethren rest and peace, as he promised: return, and go to your dwellings, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan:

Hebrews 1:1
God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,

Hebrews 4:9
There remaineth therefore a day of rest for the people of God.

Lexicon
Now
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

if
Εἰ (Ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

Joshua
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

had given them rest,
κατέπαυσεν (katepausen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2664: From kata and pauo; to settle down, i.e. to colonize, or to desist.

[God] would not have spoken
ἐλάλει (elalei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

later
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

another
ἄλλης (allēs)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

day.
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.


Additional Translations
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

For if Joshua had given rest to them, He would not have spoken after this about another day.

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

For if Jesus had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day.

For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not concerning another day have spoken after these things;
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