Numbers 33:51

51 Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:51 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:51

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them
What was to be said, being what concerned the whole body of the people:

when ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
near to which they now were, and Moses was about to leave them; and therefore it was the more necessary to give them some instructions and directions what they should do, when they were come into it.

Numbers 33:51 In-Context

49 they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50 In the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

51 Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their figured stones, destroy all their cast images, and demolish all their high places.

53 You shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.