Numbers 33:51

51 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River 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 Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia on the plains of Moab.

50 While they were camped near the Jordan River on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

51 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

52 you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.

53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.