Numbers 33:52

then shall ye dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and shall destroy all their figured stones,—all their molten images, also shall ye destroy, and all their high places, shall ye lay waste.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

51Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,—When ye do pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

53So shall ye possess the land, and settle down therein,—for unto you, have I given the land to possess it.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:31So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the River (Euphrates),—for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee.

Exodus 34:13For their altars, shall ye smash, And their pillars, shall ye shiver,—And their sacred-stems, shall ye fell.

Deuteronomy 7:2and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them, thou shalt devote them to destruction, thou shalt not solemnise with them a covenant neither shalt thou shew them favour;

Deuteronomy 12:2Ye must utterly destroy, all the places where the nations whom ye are dispossessing have served their gods,—Upon the high mountains And upon the hills, And under every green tree;

Deuteronomy 20:16But of the cities of these peoples which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance, shalt thou not save alive, any breathing thing.

Joshua 9:7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites,—Peradventure, in our midst, ye are dwelling, how then can we solemnise with you a covenant?

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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