It shall be, when you have come in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it, and dwell in it,
Parallel translations
- KJV And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
- BSB When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,
- NKJV “And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,
- NASB “Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and live in it,
- NLT “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession and you have conquered it and settled there,
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Quick answer
When Israel enters and possesses the promised land, a ceremony of gratitude is to follow. Receiving the inheritance calls for worshipful response.
Overview
This verse opens the law of firstfruits, set in the time when God's promise of land is fulfilled. Possessing the land was never to be taken for granted but received as a gift requiring thankful acknowledgment of the Giver. It sets the stage for a liturgy that rehearses God's saving acts, training Israel to live in remembered grace.
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- Deut 17:14When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it, and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me”;
- Deut 13:9but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
- Num 15:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
- Num 15:18“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land where I bring you,
- Deut 18:9When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.
- Deut 13:1If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
- Deut 5:31But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.”
- Deut 7:1When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
- Deut 6:1–10Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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