Numbers 33:44-54

44 And they set out from Oboth, and encamped at I'ye-ab'arim, in the territory of Moab.
45 And they set out from I'yim, and encamped at Dibon-gad.
46 And they set out from Dibon-gad, and encamped at Al'mon-diblatha'im.
47 And they set out from Al'mon-diblatha'im, and encamped in the mountains of Ab'arim, before Nebo.
48 And they set out from the mountains of Ab'arim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;
49 they encamped by the Jordan from Beth-jes'himoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
50 And the LORD said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,
51 "Say to the people of Israel, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of 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 molten images, 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.
54 You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; 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 to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

Numbers 33:44-54 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 33

This chapter gives an account of the journeys of the people of Israel, from their first coming out of Egypt, to their arrival in the plains of Moab by Jordan, and the names of the various stations where they rested are given, Nu 33:1-49 and they are ordered, when they passed over Jordan, to drive out the Canaanites, destroy their idols, and divide the land among their families in their several tribes, Nu 33:50-54 or otherwise it is threatened the Canaanites should be troublesome and vexatious to them, even those that remained; and it might be expected God would do to the Israelites as he thought to do to those nations, Nu 33:55,56.

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