Numbers 33:51

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Numbers 33:1-56

An account of the wanderings of the people in the wilderness was written by Moses at the express command of God. It appears as a bare and uninteresting list of names and yet it tells the story of a people guided by God through discipline. In the course of it there are occasional glimpses of light, revelations of varying experiences but of unvarying guidance. Through shadow and through sunshine, through trial and through triumph, by ways that were gracious, they were led with unceasing... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 33:50-56

2). The Dividing Up Of The Land That Was Set Before Them (Numbers 33:50 to Numbers 34:29 ). Having arrived at the plains of Moab with the land visible over the Jordan, a preliminary indication of what would be expected of them, and what they might expect to receive, was now provided for them. This will be followed in Numbers 34:0 by a brief description of the land and the names of those who will divide it out between them. The picture is being dangled in front of their eyes of the prize that... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 33:50-56

Numbers 33:50-Titus : . A Command to Destroy the Objects of Canaanite Worship.— The substance of this is given also in Exodus 23:24; Exodus 34:13, Deuteronomy 12:2 f. With Numbers 33:55 cf. Joshua 23:13, Judges 2:3. Numbers 33:52 . figured stones: stones covered with idolatrous emblems— high places: since these could be “ demolished,” the expression must here mean not natural heights ( Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 16:12) but artificial mounds or shrines ( cf. 1 Kings 11:7). Numbers 33:54 .... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Numbers 33:1-56

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESIn this chapter we have a list of the places at which the Israelites encamped from their departure from Egypt unto their arrival at the Jordan (Numbers 33:1-49), and directions as to the conquest and distribution of Canaan (Numbers 33:50-56).Numbers 33:1-2, form the introduction to the list of encampments.Numbers 33:3. Rameses, a city in “the western part of the land of Goshen.”—Bibl. Dict.Numbers 33:4. Buried. “Rather, ‘were burying.’ ”—Speaker’s Comm.Numbers... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Numbers 33:1-56

Chapter 33Now in chapter thirty-three you have a summary of their exodus out of Egypt. Moses sort of wrote down all of the places where they had stopped as they made this journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. And for the most part it's just a lot of names that you don't recognize; some of them are new, some of them are the first time we see them, some of them we remember from our journey in the book of Exodus.Now in verse fifty-one of chapter thirty-three the Lord commanded Moses,Speak unto... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 33:1-56

To understand this chapter, the map must be carefully consulted; reference must also be made by the margin to the principal places. Some of them were no more than a rock, or a well; others were small towns. The Septuagint, and especially in the 10th of Deuteronomy, varies in the orthography from the Hebrew. Numbers 33:1 . The journeys; the mansions, or resting places. Some divines have spiritualized these names very curiously, to illustrate our journey to heaven. Numbers 33:2 . Moses... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 33:50-56

Numbers 33:50-56Ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you.The expulsion of the CanaanitesI. The imperative command.1. To utterly expel the inhabitants of Canaan.2. To completely destroy all idolatrous objects and places.3. To equitably divide the land.4. The authority by which they were to do these things.II. The solemn warning.1. Those whom they spared would become their tormentors. “Under these metaphors,” says Dr. A. Clarke, “the continual mischief that should be... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 33:51

Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 9:1, Joshua 3:17 Reciprocal: Numbers 34:2 - is the land Deuteronomy 12:2 - utterly Joshua 9:24 - the Lord read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 33:50-52

THE COMMAND TO EXTERMINATE THE CANAANITES, AND TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR LAND. Numbers 33:50 to Numbers 34:29. 52. Destroy all their pictures Literally, idols of stone, R.V., “figured stones.” Painting is the product of a more advanced civilization. Molten images Idols cast from brass. This verse is not to be construed as a charter for universal iconoclasm. In the case of Israel, strongly inclined to idolatry, this was the only safe course. read more