Numbers 33:51

51 "Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, 'Go across the Jordan River into 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 there along the Jordan River from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.

50 On the flatlands of Moab the LORD spoke to Moses. He spoke to him by the Jordan River across from Jericho. The LORD said,

51 "Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, 'Go across the Jordan River into Canaan.

52 Drive out all those who are living in the land. The statues of their gods are made out of stone and metal. Destroy all of those statues. And destroy all of the high places where they are worshiped.

53 " 'Take the land as your own. Settle down in it. I have given it to you.