Numbers 33:45-55

45 And they departed from Iim, and encamped in Dibon-gad.
46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped on the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.
49 And they encamped by Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth [even] to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
50 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho, saying,
51 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When ye have passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite demolish all their high places:
53 And ye shall dispossess [the inhabitants] of the land, and dwell in it; for I have given you the land to possess it.
54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's [inheritance] shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them [shall be] prickles in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall harass you in the land in which ye dwell.

Numbers 33:45-55 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.

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