Numbers 33:48-56 ▼

48 They set out from the mountains of Abarim (regions beyond) and camped on the plains of Moab (of his father) by the Jordan (flowing down) across from Jericho (city of palms).

49 And there on the plains of Moab (of his father) they camped by the Jordan (flowing down), from Beth-jeshimoth (house of the desolation) to Abel-shittim (the Meadow of the Acacias).

50 On the plains of Moab (of his father) by the Jordan (flowing down) across from Jericho (city of palms), the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out),

51 “Speak to the Israelites (God prevails) and tell them: When you⁺ cross the Jordan (flowing down) into the land of Canaan (lowland),

52 you⁺ must drive out before you⁺ all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

53 You⁺ are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you⁺ the land to possess.

54 And you⁺ are to divide the land by lot according to your⁺ clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You⁺ will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your⁺ fathers.

55 But if you⁺ do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you⁺, those you⁺ allow to remain will become barbs in your⁺ eyes and thorns in your⁺ sides; they will harass you⁺ in the land where you⁺ settle.

56 And then I will do to you⁺ what I had planned to do to them.”