King James Version
Numbers 33:53 in the King James Version says “And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.”
Numbers 33:53 · KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. give the more: Heb. multiply his inheritance give the less: Heb. diminish his inheritance
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And ye shall dispossess”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and dwell”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“therein for I have given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And ye shall dispossess”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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