And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.
- BSB You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
- NKJV you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
- NASB and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
- NLT Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.
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Quick answer
Israel is to take possession of and dwell in the land, for God has given it to them. The inheritance rests on God's gift, not Israel's merit.
Overview
The land is granted by divine promise, fulfilling the covenant sworn to Abraham (Genesis 12:7; 17:8). Possession is both gift and responsibility, received by faith and held by obedience. This earthly inheritance points beyond itself to the lasting inheritance secured for believers in Christ (1 Peter 1:4).
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 11:31For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
- Josh 21:43And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
- Deut 32:8When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Ps 115:16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- Dan 4:32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Dan 4:17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
- Ps 24:1–2The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Jer 27:5–6I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
- Dan 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Matt 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
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