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Numbers 33:51-53

Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 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. You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.

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These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. Moses wrote the starting points of their journeys by the commandment of Yahweh. These are their journeys according to their starting points. They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them. Yahweh also executed judgments on their gods. The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth. They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon, and they encamped before Migdol. They traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim. In Elim, there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there. They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. They traveled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. They traveled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah. They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth. They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. They traveled from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez. They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah. They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah. They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher. They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. They traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. They traveled from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. They traveled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah. They traveled from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah. They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth. They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan. They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad. They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. They traveled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah. They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber. They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor. The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border of Moab. They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad. They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim. They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab. Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 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. You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it. You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

    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.

    You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.

  • KJV King James Version

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

    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:

    And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    'Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

    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.

    And ye shall drive out the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

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Cross-references (26)

  • Exodus 23:24 (v52) You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their…
  • Leviticus 26:1 (v52) “ ‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up a carved image or a pillar, and you shall not place any figured stone…
  • Deuteronomy 20:16-18 (v52) But of the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes; but you…
  • Deuteronomy 7:2-5 (v52) and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant…
  • Joshua 3:17 (v51) The priests who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry…
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  • Deuteronomy 12:2-3 (v52) You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the…
  • Judges 2:2 (v52) You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice.…
  • Exodus 23:31-33 (v52) I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the…
  • Exodus 34:12-17 (v52) Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you; but you shall…
  • Deuteronomy 7:25-26 (v52) You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for…
  • Deuteronomy 9:1 (v51) Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and…
  • Deuteronomy 11:31 (v53) For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it and dwell in it.
  • Deuteronomy 12:30-31 (v52) be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods,…
  • Joshua 11:11-12 (v52) They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burned…
  • Joshua 23:7 (v52) that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by…
  • Psalms 106:34-36 (v52) They didn’t destroy the peoples, as Yahweh commanded them, but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. They served…
  • Deuteronomy 7:1 (v51) When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the…
  • Deuteronomy 32:8 (v53) When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according…
  • Joshua 21:43 (v53) So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
  • Psalms 115:16 (v53) The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.
  • Psalms 24:1-2 (v53) The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it. For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on…
  • Jeremiah 27:5-6 (v53) ‘I have made the earth, the men, and the animals that are on the surface of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm. I give…
  • Daniel 4:17 (v53) “ ‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that…
  • Daniel 4:25 (v53) that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and…
  • Daniel 4:32 (v53) You shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times…
  • Matthew 20:15 (v53) Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v52 Which were set up in their high places to…

Which were set up in their high places to worship.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v52 Num 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v52 Ye shall drive out; not by banishing, but by…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v52 Drive out - Not by banishing, but by destroying…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v52 Verse 52. Ye shall - destroy all their pictures]…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv52–53 Pillars. Hebrew, stones placed on high "to be seen."…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v53 53. Ye shall dispossess — The same in Hebrew…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v52 52. ye shall drive out] ye shall dispossess. The…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v52 (52) And destroy all their pictures.—The word which is…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv51–53 When ye are passed over Jordan. Previous legislation had…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v53 General Information:
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