“This is what you must do when the Lord fulfills the promise he swore to you and to your ancestors. When he gives you the land where the Canaanites now live,
Parallel translations
- WEB “It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,
- KJV And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
- BSB And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,
- NKJV “And it shall be, when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,
- NASB “Now when the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
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Quick answer
When the LORD brings Israel into the land He swore to give, the law of the firstborn is to take effect.
Overview
This verse resumes the instruction about the firstborn, again pointing to the future settlement in Canaan promised to the fathers. God's commands are given with the coming inheritance in view, assuming His faithfulness to bring His people in. The forward-looking ordinance binds Israel's future life in the land to remembrance of the redemption that made them God's own.
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- Exod 13:5It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
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