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For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein.
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The Certainty of God's Promise
Commentators emphasize that this verse is a powerful assurance of a promise being fulfilled. Charles Ellicott connects it directly to the promise God first made to Abraham in Genesis 12. John Gill notes that God's gift of the land served as Israel's absolute and sufficient title to it, assuring them they would indeed possess it.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
For you shall pass over Jordan. —In the place of Sichern, by the oak of Moreh, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, Unto your…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land Which the Lord your God gives you
Presbyterian
Moses sums up all the arguments for obedience in two words: the blessing and the curse. He charged the people to choose which they would have. Mose…
