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Good News Translation

Numbers 33:53

Occupy the land and settle in it, because I am giving it to you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Evil;   Fellowship, Divine;   Separation;   World, the;   The Topic Concordance - Enemies;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Camp, Encampments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Baal;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Canaanites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Paran;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for to you have I given the land to possess it.
King James Version
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
Lexham English Bible
you will dispossess the land and live in it because I have given the land to you to possess it.
English Standard Version
And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
New Century Version
Take over the land and settle there, because I have given this land to you to own.
New English Translation
You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.
Amplified Bible
and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess.
New American Standard Bible
and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye shall possesse the lande and dwell therein: for I haue giue you ye land to possesse it.
Legacy Standard Bible
and you shall take possession of the land and inhabit it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
Contemporary English Version
Then settle in the land—I have given it to you as your own.
Complete Jewish Bible
Drive out the inhabitants of the land, and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess.
Darby Translation
and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein, for to you have I given the land to possess it.
Easy-to-Read Version
You will take the land and you will settle there, because I am giving this land to you. It will belong to your family groups.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall possess the land and dwell therein; for I have given you the land to possess it.
Christian Standard Bible®
You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land to possess.
Literal Translation
And you shall possess the land, and live in it, for I have given you the land, to possess it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that ye maye so take the londe in possession and dwell therin For I haue geue you the londe to enioye it.
American Standard Version
and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.
Bible in Basic English
And take the land for yourselves, for your resting-place: for to you I have given the land as your heritage.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And possesse the lande, and dwell therin: for I haue geuen you the lande to enioy it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye shall drive out the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.
King James Version (1611)
And ye shall dispossesse the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I haue giuen you the land to possesse it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall destroy all the inhabitants of the land, and ye shall dwell in it, for I have given their land to you for an inheritance.
English Revised Version
and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein: for unto you have I given the land to possess it.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and clense ye the lond, and alle men dwellynge thereynne. For Y yaf to
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land -- to possess it.
Update Bible Version
and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for to you I have given the land to possess it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall dispossess [the inhabitants] of the land, and dwell in it; for I have given you the land to possess it.
World English Bible
and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for to you have I given the land to possess it.
New King James Version
you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
New Living Translation
Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.
New Life Bible
Take the land for your own and live in it. For I have given the land to you.
New Revised Standard
You shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall ye possess the land, and settle down therein, - for unto you, have given the land to possess it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Cleansing the land, and dwelling in it. For I have given it you for a possession.
Revised Standard Version
and you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

Contextual Overview

50 There in the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord gave Moses 51 the following instructions for Israel: "When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land. Destroy all their stone and metal idols and all their places of worship. 53 Occupy the land and settle in it, because I am giving it to you. 54 Divide the land among the various tribes and clans by drawing lots, giving a large piece of property to a large clan and a small one to a small clan. 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those that are left will be as troublesome as splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will fight against you. 56 If you do not drive them out, I will destroy you, as I planned to destroy them."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:8, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 24:2, Psalms 115:16, Jeremiah 27:5, Jeremiah 27:6, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32, Matthew 20:15

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:19 - General Deuteronomy 7:17 - These nations Joshua 11:12 - as Moses Joshua 23:5 - as the Lord Judges 2:2 - And ye shall

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein,.... Turn them out of their cities, towns, and houses, and inhabit them:

for I have given you the land to possess it; who had a right to dispose of it, and a better title they needed not desire than the Lord could and did make them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The expulsion of the Canaanites and the destruction of their monuments of idolatry had been already enjoined (see the marginal references); and Numbers 33:54 is substantially a repetition from Exo. 26:53-55. But the solemn warning of Numbers 33:55-56 is new. A call for it had been furnished by their past transgressions in the matter of Baal-peor, and by their imperfect fulfillment, at the first, of Moses’ orders in the Midianite war.


 
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