Time and again in the Pentateuch and Joshua God promises to give the land to His people - "the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it", is a common phrase.
Mara kwa mara katika vitabu vitano vya kwanza katika Biblia (Pentateuch) na Yoshua Mungu anaahidi kuwapa nchi watu wake - "nchi akupayo Bwana Mungu wako uimiliki" ni maneno ya kawaida.