Numbers 33 · Verse 52

Numbers 33:52

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:
Numbers 33:52, King James Version

Numbers 33:52 in other translations

BSByou 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.
WEBthen 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.
ASVthen 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:
YLTthen ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,
DARBYthen 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;
BBESee that all the people of the land are forced out from before you, and put to destruction all their pictured stones, and all their metal images, and all their high places:
WebsterThen 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 demolish all their high places:

What does Numbers 33:52 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:50-53

50-53. ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you--not, however, by expulsion, but extermination (De 7:1). and destroy all their pictures--obelisks for idolatrous worship (see on Le 26:1). and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places--by metonymy for all their groves and altars, and materials of worship on the tops of hills.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 52 Ye shall - destroy all their pictures - משכיתם maskiyotham, from שחה sachah, to be like, or resemble, either pictures, carved work, or embroidery, as far as these things were employed to exhibit the abominations of idolatry. Molten images צלמי מסכתם tsalmey massechotham, metallic talismanical figures, made under certain constellations, and supposed in consequence to be possessed of some extraordinary influences and virtues.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 33:50-56

Now that they were to pass over Jordan, they were entering again into temptation to follow idols; and they are threatened that, if they spared either the idols or the idolaters, their sin would certainly be their punishment. They would foster vipers in their own bosoms. The remnant of the Canaanites, if they made any peace with them, though but for a time, would be pricks in their eyes, and thorns in their sides. We…

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Numbers 33:52 in the original Hebrew

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וְה֨וֹרַשְׁתֶּ֜םve.Ho.rash.Temand you will dispossessH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יֹשְׁבֵ֤יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzthe landH776
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.Khemfrom before youH6440
וְאִ֨בַּדְתֶּ֔םve.'I.bad.Temand you will destroyH6
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑םmas.ki.yo.Tamcarved images theirH4906
וְאֵ֨תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
צַלְמֵ֤יtzal.Mei[the] images ofH6754
מַסֵּֽכֹתָם֙ma.se.kho.Tammolten metal theirH4541
תְּאַבֵּ֔דוּte.'a.Be.duyou will destroyH6
וְאֵ֥תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בָּמֹתָ֖םba.mo.Tamhigh places theirH1116
תַּשְׁמִֽידוּ\׃tash.Mi.duyou will demolishH8045

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Cross references for Numbers 33:52

  • Exodus 23:24

    Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

  • Leviticus 26:1

    Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Deuteronomy 20:16-18

    But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.

  • Deuteronomy 7:2-5

    And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

  • Deuteronomy 12:2-3

    Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

  • Judges 2:2

    And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

  • Exodus 23:31-33

    And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

  • Deuteronomy 7:25-26

    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

  • Joshua 23:7

    That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

  • Deuteronomy 12:30-31

    Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

  • Joshua 11:11-12

    And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.

  • Exodus 34:12-17

    Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; …

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Ex 23:24,31-33; 34:12-17; De 7:2-5,25,26; 12:2,3,30,31; 20:16-18
Jos 11:11,12; 23:7; Jud 2:2

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Context

  • Numbers 33:51

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

  • Numbers 33:52

    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:

  • Numbers 33:53

    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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Numbers 33:52 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Echaréis á todos los moradores del país de delante de vosotros, y destruiréis todas sus pinturas, y todas sus imágenes de fundición, y arruinaréis todos sus altos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
vous déposséderez tous les habitants du pays devant vous, et vous détruirez toutes leurs figures sculptées, et vous détruirez toutes leurs images de fonte, et vous dévasterez tous leurs hauts lieux;
German
Elberfelder 1871
so sollt ihr alle Bewohner des Landes vor euch austreiben und alle ihre Bildwerke zerstören; und alle ihre gegossenen Bilder sollt ihr zerstören, und alle ihre Höhen sollt ihr vertilgen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
disperdite cunctos habitatores terræ illius: confringite titulos, et statuas comminuite, atque omnia excelsa vastate,