51 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,
51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
51 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
51 "Tell the People of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the country of Canaan,
51 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
51 "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 33:51
Commentary on Numbers 33:50-56
(Read Numbers 33:50-56)
Now that they were to pass over Jordan, they were entering again into temptation to follow idols; and they are threatened that, if they spared either the idols or the idolaters, their sin would certainly be their punishment. They would foster vipers in their own bosoms. The remnant of the Canaanites, if they made any peace with them, though but for a time, would be pricks in their eyes, and thorns in their sides. We must expect trouble and affliction from whatever sin we indulge; that which we are willing should tempt us, will vex us. It was intended that the Canaanites should be put out of the land; but if the Israelites learned their wicked ways, they also would be put out. Let us hear this and fear. If we do not drive out sin, sin will drive us out. If we are not the death of our lusts, our lusts will be the death of our souls.