Numbers 33:53
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.”
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“You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land--to possess it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 33:53 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
- Deuteronomy 3:18At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 11:31For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,
- Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
- Joshua 1:6Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- Joshua 21:43Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
- Joshua 23:5The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
- Psalms 24:1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
- Psalms 115:16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
- Jeremiah 27:5By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
- Daniel 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
- Daniel 4:32You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”
- Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
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