Numbers 33:51
49 And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
52 you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
53 You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- KJV
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
- WEB
- Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- ASV
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- DARBY
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- BLB
- “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them: When you⁺ have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- ÅB
- Tal til Israels barn og si til dem: Når dere har draget over Jordan inn i Kana'ans land,
- OTB
- "Gi israelittene denne beskjeden: 'Når dere krysser Jordan inn i Kanaans land,
- B1930
- Tal til Israels barn og si til dem: Når I har draget over Jordan inn i Kana'ans land,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 3:17
The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
Read in context