“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Parallel translations
- WEB Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- KJV Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
- BSB “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- NKJV “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- NLT “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
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Quick answer
God tells Israel through Moses what they must do when they cross the Jordan into Canaan. It opens the command to dispossess the land's inhabitants.
Overview
The crossing of the Jordan is presented as the decisive entry into the inheritance God had promised the patriarchs. The instructions that follow are not arbitrary conquest but the execution of God's righteous judgment on Canaanite idolatry. This sets the terms by which Israel is to take possession in faithful obedience to the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Josh 3:17The priests who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
- Deut 9:1Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,
- 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;
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