Numbers 33:51

““Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,”

Numbers 33:51 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 33:51, word by word

“Speakדַּבֵּרdaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “daber” appears
to the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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crossעֹבְרִיםovrim

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden

Jordan

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the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan

Canaan

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Places in this verse

JerusalemJordanCanaan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Jordan

    Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea

    Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.

    Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).

    Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

  • 2Canaan

    Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria

    The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.

    God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).

    Genesis 12:5Genesis 17:8Exodus 6:4Joshua 5:12

The context

50YHWH spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

51 · This verse (above)

52you shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and do away with all their carved stones, and all their molten images you shall do away with, and all their high places you shall destroy.

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