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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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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Deuteronomy 11:31

19th Century

Bishop

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…

John Gill

John Gill

On Deuteronomy 11:31

17th Century

Pastor

For you shall pass over Jordan, to go in to possess the land
Which the Lord your God gives you

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Deuteronomy 11:26–32

17th Century

Minister

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…