Deuteronomy 1:8

8 'See, I have placed the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD 1swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and their [a]descendants after them.'

Deuteronomy 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:8

Behold, I have set the land before you
Described it to them, and set its bounds, as well as had given them a grant of it:

go in and possess the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and their seed after them:
and which being thus made sure unto them, they had nothing more to do than to go and take possession of it.

Deuteronomy 1:8 In-Context

6 "The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
7 'Turn and set your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negev and by the seacoast , the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
8 'See, I have placed the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and their descendants after them.'
9 "I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.
10 'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Genesis 12:7; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 28:13; Exodus 33:1; Numbers 14:23; Numbers 32:11; Hebrews 6:13, 14

Footnotes 1

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