Deuteronomy 11:31

31 For you are ¹to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it,

Deuteronomy 11:31 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:31

For ye shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land
Which the Lord your God giveth you
They were now near it, and by this they are assured they should pass over it, in order to take possession of the land God had given them, and which gift of his was a sufficient title to it:

and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein:
should not only take possession of it, but make their abode in it; they are assured hereby of continuance in it, on condition they obeyed the laws of God, as follows.

Deuteronomy 11:31 In-Context

29 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

30 Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oak of Moreh?

31 For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it,

32 you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the rules that I am setting before you today.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 12:10; Joshua 1:11