4 occurrences

'Possess' in the Bible

Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.

So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Drove Them Out

Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

Verse ConceptsPagan Gods

They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

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Command (517 instances)
Possess (236 instances)