Numbers 33:50-56

50 The LORD said to Moses on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho,

51 "Tell the Israelites, 'You will be crossing the Jordan River and entering Canaan.

52 As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship.

53 Take possession of the land and live there, because I will give it to you for your own.

54 Divide the land among your families by drawing lots. Give more land to larger families and less land to smaller ones. The land must be given to each family by drawing lots. Divide it among your ancestors' tribes.

55 "'But if you do not force out those who live in the land, they will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will constantly fight with you over the land you live in.

56 Then I will do to you what I planned to do to them.'"

Numbers 33:50-56 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.