Numbers 33:51

51 to tell the people of Isra'el, "When you cross the Yarden into the land of Kena'an,

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 Their camp by the Yarden extended from Beit-HaYeshimot all the way to Avel-HaSheetim in the plains of Mo'av.

50 ADONAI spoke to Moshe in the plains of Mo'av by the Yarden, across from Yericho. He said

51 to tell the people of Isra'el, "When you cross the Yarden into the land of Kena'an,

52 you are to expel all the people living in the land from in front of you. Destroy all their stone figures, destroy all their metal statues and demolish all their high places.

53 Drive out the inhabitants of the land, and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess.