Devarim 11:31

31 For ye shall pass over Yarden to go in to possess ha’aretz which Hashem Eloheichem giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

Devarim 11:31 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:31

For ye shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land
Which the Lord your God giveth you
They were now near it, and by this they are assured they should pass over it, in order to take possession of the land God had given them, and which gift of his was a sufficient title to it:

and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein:
should not only take possession of it, but make their abode in it; they are assured hereby of continuance in it, on condition they obeyed the laws of God, as follows.

Devarim 11:31 In-Context

29 And it shall come to pass, when Hashem Eloheicha hath brought thee in unto ha’aretz whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the brocha upon Mt Gerizim, and the kelalah upon Mt Eival.

30 Are they not on the other side of the Yarden, in the direction of the setting shemesh, in the Eretz Kena’ani, which dwell in the Aravah opposite Gilgal, near the oak of Moreh?

31 For ye shall pass over Yarden to go in to possess ha’aretz which Hashem Eloheichem giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

32 And ye shall be shomer to do all the chukkim and mishpatim which I set before you today.