Numbers 33:42-52

42 They journeyed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They journeyed from Punon and camped at 1Oboth.
44 They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, at the border of Moab.
45 They journeyed from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad *.
46 They journeyed from Dibon-gad * and camped at Almon-diblathaim.
47 They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of 2Abarim, before Nebo.
48 They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and 3camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as 4Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Law of Possessing the Land

50 Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,
51 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, '5When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and 6destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;

Numbers 33:42-52 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 33

This chapter gives an account of the journeys of the people of Israel, from their first coming out of Egypt, to their arrival in the plains of Moab by Jordan, and the names of the various stations where they rested are given, Nu 33:1-49 and they are ordered, when they passed over Jordan, to drive out the Canaanites, destroy their idols, and divide the land among their families in their several tribes, Nu 33:50-54 or otherwise it is threatened the Canaanites should be troublesome and vexatious to them, even those that remained; and it might be expected God would do to the Israelites as he thought to do to those nations, Nu 33:55,56.

Cross References 6

  • 1. Numbers 21:10, 11
  • 2. Numbers 27:12
  • 3. Numbers 22:1
  • 4. Numbers 25:1
  • 5. Joshua 3:17
  • 6. Exodus 23:24; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3, 30; Psalms 106:34-36
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