Numbers 33:53

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

Numbers 33:53 in Other Translations

53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

53 And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

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

53 so that you take over the land and make yourself at home in it; I've given it to you. It's yours.

53 and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

53 Take possession of the land and live there, because I will give it to you for your own.

53 You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.

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

Numbers 33:53 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:53

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell
therein
Turn them out of their cities, towns, and houses, and inhabit them:

for I have given you the land to possess it;
who had a right to dispose of it, and a better title they needed not desire than the Lord could and did make them.

Numbers 33:53 In-Context

51 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,

52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

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

54 Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.

55 “ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 11:31; Deuteronomy 17:14; Joshua 1:11; Joshua 21:43