Numbers 33:53

You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.

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In The King James Version

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

In Context

52then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.

54You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:18I enjoined you at that time, saying, “ Adonai your God has given you this land to possess it. You shall pass over armed before your brothers the children of Israel [God prevails], all the men of valor.

Deuteronomy 32:8When haElyon [the Most High] gave to the nations their inheritance, 2 when he separated the children of men, 1 he set the bounds of the peoples 2 according to the number of the children of Israel [God prevails]. 1

Psalms 24:1The earth is Adonai’s, with its fullness; + 24:1. Quoted in 1 Cor 10:26 2 the world, and those who dwell therein. 1

Matthew Henry on Numbers 33:51-56

The Canaanites Doomed. ( b. c. 1452.) 50 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given… Read the whole commentary →

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