Numbers 33:56 NIV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Numbers 33:56

(56) Moreover it shall come to pass . . . —Better, And it shall come to pass that, as I have thought (or, determined) to do unto them, so will I do unto you. It must be borne in mind that the idolatrous inhabitants of Canaan were never wholly exterminated, and the pernicious influence which they exercised was felt throughout the whole of the history of the Israelites until the judgments threatened against them were finally executed in the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:1-56

THE WAY AND THE LOTNumbers 33:1-56; Numbers 34:1-291. THE itinerary of Numbers 33:1-49 is one of the passages definitely ascribed to Moses. It opens with the departure from Rameses in Egypt on the morrow after the passover, when the children of Israel "went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians." The exodus is made singularly impressive in this narrative by the addition that it took place "while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Numbers 33:50-56

10. Instructions Concerning the Conquest and the Boundaries of the Land CHAPTERS 33:50-34 1. Command to drive out the inhabitants of the land (Numbers 33:50-56 ) 2. The division of the land (Numbers 34:1-15 ) 3. The names of the men who shall divide the land (Numbers 34:16-29 ) The extermination of the Canaanites is first of all demanded. Everything of idolatry was to be destroyed. The land was to belong to a holy people who belong to Jehovah, therefore the Canaanite with his... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 33:1-56

THE REVIEW OF ISRAEL'S JOURNEY FROM EGYPT (vs.1-49) Just as, at the judgment seat of Christ, there will be a review of all our history here on earth, so we find now a review of Israel's journey from the time they left Egypt. It is noted that Moses wrote the record of these things at the command of the Lord (v.2) and it is quite evident that Moses was the writer of all of Numbers and also of Deuteronomy except the last chapter, or at least the last nine verses of that chapter. Israel left... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:1-56

GETTING READY FOR CANAAN REUBEN AND GAD’S CHOICE (Numbers 32:0 ) What was their choice of possessions, and on what ground was it made (Numbers 32:1-5 )? What suspicion of their motive possessed Moses (Numbers 32:6-15 )? What assurance is given him (Numbers 32:16-19 )? How is the matter closed (Numbers 32:20-27 )? What charge does Moses transmit to his successors (Numbers 32:28-32 )? REVIEW OF THE JOURNEY (Numbers 33:0 ) This chapter may be said to form the winding-up of the history of... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Numbers 33:50-56

Thoroughness Num 33:50-56 The subject is evidently thoroughness. Do the work completely root and branch, in and out, so that there may be no mistake as to earnestness; and the result shall be security, peace, contentment; Do the work partially half and half, perfunctorily; and the end shall be disappointment, vexation, and ruin. Causes have effects; work is followed by consequences. Do not suppose that you can turn away the law of causation and consequence. Things are settled and decreed... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Numbers 33:50-56

It is worthy our closest observation, how frequently in the sacred word, those precepts of totally destroying every vestige of the enemy, is mentioned. And the reason is told us; GOD is jealous of his honour-jealous of the affections of his people. And when we call to mind that an everlasting and irreconcilable opposition subsists between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, the whole is explained. Deuteronomy 7:25-26 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Numbers 33:56

REFLECTIONS MY soul! pause here, and behold the wonderful love of GOD to his people. Behold, what a series of hazardous journeys, as they must have appeared to human nature, and impossible ever to have been accomplished by flesh and blood, unprotected by the LORD, were GOD'S Israel brought through. Call to mind, in rehearsing these two and forty stages of their pilgrimage, what a train of miracles accompanied them, more or less, at every stage. Traverse, in idea, the inhospitable regions of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 33:50-56

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... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Numbers 33:50-56

The Command to Exterminate the Inhabitants of Canaan v. 50. And the Lord spake unto Moses in the Plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho, saying, v. 51. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan, an event whose happening is here assumed as most certain to take place, v. 52. then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, idols hewn out of stone, and destroy all their... read more