Numbers 33:53

Numbers 33:53 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
• New International Version (NIV)Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

Context of Numbers 33:53

51“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan, 52you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines. Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy. 54You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes. 55But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.

Numbers 33:53 word by word

וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־בָּ֑הּ כִּ֥י לָכֶ֛ם נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ לָרֶ֥שֶׁת אֹתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall dispossessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• therein: for I have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414

Cross-references for Numbers 33:53

• Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.
• Psalms 24:1The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.
• Psalms 115:16The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to all humanity.
• Jeremiah 27:5With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.
• Daniel 4:17For this has been decreed by the messengers; it is commanded by the holy ones, so that everyone may know that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. He gives them to anyone he chooses— even to the lowliest of people.”
• Matthew 20:15Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’

Commentaries on Numbers 33:53

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50-56Verses 50-56 The expulsion of the Canaanites and the destruction of their monuments of idolatry had been already enjoined (see the marginal references); and Numbers 33:54 is substantially a repetition from Numbers 33:55-56 is new. A call for it had been furnished by their past transgressions in the matter of Baal-peor, and by their imperfect fulfillment, at the first, of Moses‘ orders in the Midianite war.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 50-56Verses 50-56 Now that they were to pass over Jordan, they were entering again into temptation to follow idols; and they are threatened that, if they spared either the idols or the idolaters, their sin would certainly be their punishment. They would foster vipers in their own bosoms. The remnant of the Canaanites, if they made any peace with them, though but for a time, would be pricks in their eyes, and thorns in their sides. We must expect trouble and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 50-56After the Israelites arrived at the plains of Moab, across from Jericho (22:1), they camped there. They remained in that place for the rest of the events recorded in Numbers (see 36:13; Deuteronomy 34:8). While they camped there, God gave Israel specific instructions on how to deal with the people of Canaan. The Lord commanded them to destroy the people groups living in Canaan and remove all traces of their religious practices (compare Exodus 23:23–33…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 50-5350-53. ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you--not, however, by expulsion, but extermination (De 7:1). and destroy all their pictures--obelisks for idolatrous worship (see on Le 26:1). and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places--by metonymy for all their groves and altars, and materials of worship on the tops of hills.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Canaanites
• Dispossess
• Divide
• Draw
• Exodus
• Thorn
• Aaron
• Encampment By the Red Sea
• Exodus, the
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings