Deuteronomy 26:1
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which
the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possesses it, and dwellest
therein;
a. NLT: “When you enter
the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession and you have
conquered it and settled there,
b. NIV: When you have
entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and have
taken possession of it and settled in it,
c. YLT: 'And it hath been, when thou comest in unto the land which
Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and thou hast possessed
it, and dwelt in it,
d. Amplified Bible Classic: When you have come into the land which the Lord your God gives you as an
inheritance and possess it and live in it,
e. Septuagint:
And it shall be when thou shalt
have entered into the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit it,
and thou shalt have inherited it, and thou shalt have dwelt upon it,
f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: It will be when you enter the
Land that HASHEM, your God, gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it,
and dwell in it.
1. “And it shall be,
when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance…”
a. And it shall be [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933);
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere
copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished,
committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow,
happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]
b. [when thou] art [Strong: 3588 kiy kee a primitive particle (the full
form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds,
antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative
conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles
annexed:--and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but,
certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than)
that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, +
(al- )though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.]
c. come in unto [Strong: 935 bow' bo a primitive root; to go or come (in
a wide variety of applications):--abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, +
besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause,
let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless
again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be
fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X
indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down),
send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.]
d. the land [Strong: 776 'erets eh'-rets from an unused root probably
meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common,
country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.]
e. which [Strong: 834 'aher ash-er' a primitive relative pronoun (of
every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a
conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:--X after, X alike,
as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, +
how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, +
whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst,
+ whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often
accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]
f. [the] LORD [Strong: 3068 Yhovah yeh-ho-vaw' from 1961; (the)
self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the
Lord.]
g. [thy] God [Strong: 430 'elohiym el-o-heem' plural of 433; gods in the
ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to
magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God
(gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.]
h. giveth [thee] [Strong: 5414 nathan naw-than' a primitive root; to
give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.):--add,
apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring
(forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry,
deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten,
frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay
(unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O
that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put
(forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew,
shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X
take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to)
God, yield.]
i. [for an] inheritance [Strong: 5159 nachalah nakh-al-aw' from 5157 (in
its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy,
or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or
portion:--heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession.]
1). This is referring to the land
that was promised in the Abrahamic Covenant.
a). Genesis 15:18-21 In the same
day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given
this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
15:19 The Kenites, and the
Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
15:20 And the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
15:21 And the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the Gergashites, and the Jebusites.
2). Many theologians mistakenly
interpret the Promised Land as a type and foreshadow of the believer going to
heaven, but the Promised Land of the Jewish people was their inheritance, as
many verses of Scripture testify, they were to possess it and dwell therein. In
numerous passages the LORD clearly says that He has given the land to Israel.
a). Numbers 13:2 “Send thou men,
that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of
Israel…”
3). It is clear that even though
God had given the land to Israel by promise, Israel had to fight and conquer
the kings over the inhabitants of the land to get it. Two under the leadership
of Moses, and 31 under the leadership of Joshua.
a). Joshua 12:4-6 And the coast of
Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at
Ashtoroth and at Edrei,
12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon,
and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the
Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
12:6 Them did Moses the servant of
the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD
gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh.
b). Joshua 12:7-24 And these are
the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this
side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the
mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel
for a possession according to their divisions;
12:8 In the mountains, and in the
valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in
the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
12:9 The king of Jericho, one; the
king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one;
the king of Hebron, one;
12:11 The king of Jarmuth, one;
the king of Lachish, one;
12:12 The king of Eglon, one; the
king of Gezer, one;
12:13 The king of Debir, one; the
king of Geder, one;
12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the
king of Arad, one;
12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the
king of Abdullam, one;
12:16 The king of Makkedah, one;
the king of Bethel, one;
12:17 The king of Tappuah, one;
the king of Lasharon, one;
12:18 The king of Aphek, one; the
kingof Lasharon,one;
12:19 The king of Madon, one; the
king of Hazor, one;
12:20 The king of Shimronmeron,
one; the king of Achshap, one;
12:21 The king of Taanach, one;
the king of Megiddo, one;
12:22 The king of Kedesh, one; the
king Jokneam of Carmel, one;
12:23 The king of Dor in the coast
of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all
the kings thirty and one.
4). Years later Joshua chastised
Israel for being lazy about taking possession of the inheritance that God had
given them.
a). Joshua 18:1 And the whole
congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up
the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
18:2 And there remained among the
children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
18:3 And Joshua said unto the
children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord
God of your fathers hath given you?
2. “…and possessest it, and dwellest therein;”
a. and possesses it [Strong: 3423 yarash yaw-rash' or yaresh
{yaw-raysh'}; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and
possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also
to expel, to impoverish, to ruin:--cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit,
dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for)
inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to,
make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X
utterly.]
b. and dwellest [therein] [Strong: 3427 yashab yaw-shab' a primitive
root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by
implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:--(make to)
abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure,
establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep
(house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat,
set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take,
tarry.]
1). Stone Edition Chumash, Torah/Prophets/Writings: The Torah now gives
the details of a commandment that was first mentioned in Exodus 23:19. After
the Land was conquered and allotted, farmers were to take the first ripened fruits
to the Temple and present them to the Kohen, in a ritual that included a moving
declaration to God for His eternal role as the Guide of Jewish history. The Jew’s
gift of his first fruits, or Bikkurim, to the Kohen symbolizes that he
dedicates everything he has to the service of God.
