Numbers 33:53
What does Numbers 33:53 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 33:53 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And take the land for yourselves, for your resting-place: for to you I have given the land as your heritage.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land--to possess it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Cleansing the land, and dwelling in it. For I have given it you for a possession.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein, for to you have I given the land to possess it.
Context
v.52then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:
v.53This passage
v.54And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Daniel 4:17
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
- Daniel 4:32
and thou shalt be driven from men; and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Deuteronomy 11:31
For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
- Daniel 4:25
that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.
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