Numbers 33 · Verse 53

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.
Numbers 33:53, King James Version

Numbers 33:53 in other translations

BSBYou are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
WEBYou shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.
ASVand ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.
YLTand ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land--to possess it.
DARBYand ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein, for to you have I given the land to possess it.
BBEAnd take the land for yourselves, for your resting-place: for to you I have given the land as your heritage.
WebsterAnd ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell in it; for I have given you the land to possess it.

What does Numbers 33:53 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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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 33:53 in the original Hebrew

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וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥םve.ho.rash.Temand you will take possession ofH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם\־vi.shav.tem-and you will dwellH3427
בָּ֑הּBahin <the> it
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemto <the> you
נָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
לָרֶ֥שֶׁתla.Re.shetto take possession ofH3423
אֹתָֽהּ\׃'o.Tah<obj.> itH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 33:53

  • Deuteronomy 11:31

    For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

  • Daniel 4:32

    And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  • Jeremiah 27:5-6

    I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

  • Joshua 21:43

    And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

  • Psalms 115:16

    The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • Deuteronomy 32:8

    When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

  • Daniel 4:17

    This matter 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 the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

  • Daniel 4:25

    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  • Matthew 20:15

    Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

  • Psalms 24:1-2

    A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

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De 32:8; Ps 24:1,2; 115:16; Jer 27:5,6; Da 4:17,25,32; Mt 20:15

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Context

  • 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.

  • Numbers 33:54

    And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

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Numbers 33:53 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y echaréis los moradores de la tierra, y habitaréis en ella; porque yo os la he dado para que la poseáis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et vous prendrez possession du pays, et vous y habiterez, car je vous ai donné le pays pour le posséder.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihr sollt das Land in Besitz nehmen und darin wohnen, denn euch habe ich das Land gegeben, es zu besitzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
mundantes terram, et habitantes in ea. Ego enim dedi vobis illam in possessionem,