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50 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
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On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the LORD said to Moses,
51 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,
52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.
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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 And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
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Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
54 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
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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 from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.
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“ ‘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.
56 And I will do to you as I thought to do to them."
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And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’ ”
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