Deuteronomy 1:8

8 See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, ¹to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring 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 said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

7 Turn and take 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 Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them. ’

9 “At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself.

10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Cross References

• 1. 1:8 Gen. 12:7; 13:14, 15; 15:18; 17:7, 8; 26:3, 4; 28:13, 14; 50:24