“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “When you finally settle in the land I am giving you,
Parallel translations
- WEB “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
- KJV Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
- BSB “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
- NKJV “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving to you,
- NASB “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land where you are going to live, which I am giving you,
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Quick answer
God told Moses these offering laws would apply when Israel entered the land He was giving them. The command itself reaffirmed the promise of entering Canaan.
Overview
By prefacing the laws with 'when you have come into the land,' God assured the people that the inheritance was still certain despite their failure. The promise was tied to His gift, not their worthiness. God's faithfulness to His covenant outlasts the unbelief of any single generation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Lev 23:10“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest:
- Num 15:18“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land where I bring you,
- Lev 25:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.
- Deut 12:9for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deut 12:1These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
- Deut 7:1–2When 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;
- Lev 14:34“When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,
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