Numbers 33:50 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Numbers 33:50

48 They departed from the mountains of Abarim and ^acamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the ^aAbel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab.

Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan

50 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying,

51 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ^a‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 ^athen you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their¹ high places;

53 you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to ^apossess.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you—not, however, by expulsion, but extermination (Deuteronomy 7:1).

and destroy all their pictures—obelisks for idolatrous worship (see on Leviticus 26:1).

and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places—by metonymy for all their groves and altars, and materials of worship on the tops of hills.

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