And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein ,.... Turn them out of their cities, towns, and houses, and inhabit them: for I have given you the land to possess it ; who had a right to dispose of it, and a better title they needed not desire than the Lord could and did make them. read more
And ye shall divide the land by lot ,.... What is said in this verse is the same with Numbers 26:53 , where it has been explained; See Gill on Numbers 26:53 ; see Gill on Numbers 26:54 ; see Gill on Numbers 26:55 ; see Gill on Numbers 26:56 . read more
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you ,.... Should be remiss and careless about it, and indifferent to it, and not make use of the proper means to get rid of them, but, on the contrary, make covenants with them, and intermarry among them; or, however, become friendly to them, and suffer them to dwell among them: then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them ; sparing their lives, and permitting them to dwell among them: shall be... read more
Moreover, it shall come to pass ,.... This being the case, they suffering the Canaanites to dwell among them, and they mingling with them, learning their works, and serving their gods: that I shall do unto you as I thought I should do unto them ; deliver them up into the hands of their enemies, who should carry them captive into other lands. read more
Zalmonah - Probably in the neighborhood of the land of Edom. As צלם tselem signifies an image, this place probably had its name from the brazen serpent set up by Moses. See Numbers 21:9 ; (note), etc. From the same root the word telesm , corruptly called talisman, which signifies a consecrated image, is derived. Stat. 35. read more
Punon - A place in Idumea. Nowhere else mentioned. Stat. 36. read more
Oboth - Mentioned before, Numbers 21:10 . Stat. 37. read more
Ije-abarim - The heaps of Abarim. See Numbers 21:11 . Situation uncertain. It is called Iim in the following verse. As the word signifies heaps or protuberances, it probably means tumuil or small hills near some of the fords of Jordan. Stat. 38. read more
Dibon-gad - Supposed to be the same as Dibon, Numbers 32:34 , and to be situated on the brook Arnon. Stat. 39. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:52
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you ,.... Not at once, but gradually; and the sense is, that they should use their utmost endeavours wholly to extirpate them: and destroy all their pictures ; their idolatrous ones; the pictures of their gods, or the statues and figured stones of them: the Targum of Jonathan interprets it,"all the temples of their worship;'and the Jerusalem Targum,"all their idols;'so called, as Jarchi notes, because they covered the... read more