Numbers 33:51-56

51 praecipe filiis Israhel et dic ad eos quando transieritis Iordanem intrantes terram Chanaan

52 disperdite cunctos habitatores regionis illius confringite titulos et statuas comminuite atque omnia excelsa vastate

53 mundantes terram et habitantes in ea ego enim dedi vobis illam in possessionem

54 quam dividetis vobis sorte pluribus dabitis latiorem et paucis angustiorem singulis ut sors ceciderit ita tribuetur hereditas per tribus et familias possessio dividetur

55 sin autem nolueritis interficere habitatores terrae qui remanserint erunt vobis quasi clavi in oculis et lanceae in lateribus et adversabuntur vobis in terra habitationis vestrae

56 et quicquid illis facere cogitaram vobis faciam

Numbers 33:51-56 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.