Numbers 33:52-53

52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and 1destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;
53 2and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

Numbers 33:52-53 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 2

  • 1. Exodus 23:24; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3, 30; Psalms 106:34-36
  • 2. Deuteronomy 11:31; Deuteronomy 17:14; Joshua 21:43
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