53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
53 And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
53 so that you take over the land and make yourself at home in it; I've given it to you. It's yours.
53 you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given it to you to occupy.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 33:53
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.