Numbers 33:53
in Numbers 33You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.
KJV
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
⋯
This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
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.
If they would keep themselves pure from the idols of Canaan, God would enrich them with the wealth of Canaan. Learn not their way, and then fear not their power. They were threatened that, if they spared either the idols or the idolaters, they should be beaten with their own rod and their sin would certainly be their punishment.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם | vehorashtem | and you will take possession of | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־ | vishavtem- | and you will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָּ֑הּ | bah | in <the> it | ||
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| נָתַ֥תִּי | natati | I have given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לָרֶ֥שֶׁת | lareshet | to take possession of | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֹתָֽהּ׃ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥םand you will take possession of
vehorashtemH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־and you will dwell
vishavtem-H3427 →1079 times
בָּ֑הּin <the> it
bah
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לָכֶ֛םto <the> you
lakhem
נָתַ֥תִּיI have given
natatiH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
לָרֶ֥שֶׁתto take possession of
lareshetH3423 →231 times
אֹתָֽהּ׃<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 115:16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
it leads to
- Psalms 8:6
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Psalms 89:11
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
- Genesis 1:28–30
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
- Jeremiah 27:5–6
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Genesis 9:1–3
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Psalms 8:6
Through
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
it leads to
- Acts 17:26
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Genesis 11:8–9
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
- Acts 17:26
Through
Joshua 21:43Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
it leads to
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Genesis 13:15
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies12
About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.