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,
Parallel translations
- WEB 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,
- 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;
- ESV “When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Deut 17:14When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
- Deut 13:9Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
- Num 15:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
- Num 15:18“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you
- Deut 18:9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
- Deut 13:1If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
- Deut 5:31But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
- Deut 7:1When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
- Deut 6:1–10These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
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