Numbers 33:51

51 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross 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 They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50 The LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

51 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 you will drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. You will destroy all their carved figures. You will also destroy all their cast images. You will eliminate all their shrines.

53 You will take possession of the land and live in it, because I've given the land to you to possess.