Deuteronomy 1:8

8 Look, I have set the land {before you};^[a] go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors,^[b] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give [it] 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 "Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, {saying}, 'You have stayed {long enough} at this mountain.

7 Turn [now] and {move on}, and go [into] the hill of the Amorites and to all [of] the neighboring regions in the Jordan {Valley} in the hill country and in the Negev and in the coastal area along the sea, [into] the land of the Canaanites and [into] the Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates.

8 Look, I have set the land {before you}; go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give [it] to them and to their offspring after them.'

9 "And I spoke to them at that time, {saying}, 'I am not able to bear you alone.

10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and look; you [are] today as the stars of the heaven {in number}.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "before your face"
• [b]. Or "fathers"