Numbers 33:51

51 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: `When ye have passed 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 And they pitched by the Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

50 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

51 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: `When ye have passed over the 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 idols, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places.

53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell therein, for I have given you the land to possess it.