Numbers 33:53

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 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.

54And ye shall take your inheritance in the land by lot by your families—for the large one, ye shall make large his inheritance, and for the small one, make small his inheritance, whithersoever the lot cometh out to him, his, shall, it be, by the tribes of your fathers, shall ye take your inheritance.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:18So I commanded you, at that time saying,—Yahweh your God hath given unto you this land to possess it, armed, shall ye pass over before your brethren the sons of Israel all the sons of valour,

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.

Joshua 21:43So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers,—and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.

Psalms 24:1To Yahweh, belongeth, The earth and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein;

Jeremiah 27:5I, made The earth—The man and the beast that are on the face of the earth—By my great power, And by mine outstretched arm,—And gave it to whomsoever was right in mine own eyes.

Daniel 4:25That, thee, are they going to drive forth from among men, and, along with the wild beasts of the field, shall be thy dwelling, and, grass—like oxen, will they suffer, thee, to eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, will they suffer, thee, to be drenched, and, seven seasons, shall pass over thee,—until that thou come to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it.

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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