Numbers 33:52

⁵⁰ On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

⁵¹ “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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.

⁵⁴ And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

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.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
WEB: then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.
ASV: then ye 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:
DARBY: then ye shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and ye shall destroy all their figured images, and all their molten images shall ye destroy, and all their high places shall ye lay waste;
BLB: you⁺ shall drive out all those dwelling in the land from before you⁺ and destroy all their carved figures, and all their molten images you⁺ shall destroy, and all their high places you⁺ shall demolish.

ÅB: da skal dere drive alle landets innbyggere bort foran dere og tilintetgjøre alle deres steiner med innhugne bilder, og dere skal tilintetgjøre alle deres støpte bilder og ødelegge alle deres offerhauger.
OTB: skal dere drive ut alle innbyggerne i landet foran dere, ødelegge alle deres utskårne bilder, ødelegge alle deres støpte avguder og rive ned alle deres offerhauger.
B1930: da skal I drive alle landets innbyggere bort foran eder og tilintetgjøre alle deres stener med innhugne billeder, og I skal tilintetgjøre alle deres støpte billeder og ødelegge alle deres offerhauger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 23:24
You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
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Leviticus 26:1
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 20:16–18
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
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Deuteronomy 7:2–5
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
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Deuteronomy 12:2–3
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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Judges 2:2
and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
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Exodus 23:31–33
And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
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Deuteronomy 7:25–26
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
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