[[Deut-01]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Num-36]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Deut-02]] --- ### Go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers--to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob--to give to them and to their offspring after them. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A reiteration of the divine promise to the patriarchs that their descendants would inhabit and possess the land of Canaan. *Historical context*: The fulfillment is documented in the Book of Joshua, which records the military conquest and tribal settlement of Canaan, traditionally dated between the 15th and 13th centuries BCE. *Related to*: [[Gen-12#v7|Genesis 12:7]], 15:18-21 ### Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of the sky for multitude. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Moses acknowledges that the original promise made to Abraham regarding his offspring becoming as numerous as the stars has been realized in the current assembly of Israel. *Historical context*: The census in [[Num-01#v46|Numbers 1:46]] records 603,550 men of fighting age, implying a total population of several million, which theologians point to as the literal fulfillment of the promise in [[Gen-15#v5|Genesis 15:5]]. *Related to*: [[Gen-15#v5|Genesis 15:5]] ### Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A divine decree that the generation of adults who rebelled after the report of the spies would die in the wilderness and never enter the promised land. *Historical context*: [[Num-26#v64|Numbers 26:64]]-65 confirms that by the end of the forty-year wandering, not one person from the original census remained alive except for Caleb and Joshua. *Related to*: [[Num-14#v22|Numbers 14:22]]-23 ### except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his children *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A specific promise that Caleb would survive the wilderness and receive the specific territory he scouted as a personal inheritance. *Historical context*: [[Josh-14#v13|Joshua 14:13]]-14 records that Joshua blessed Caleb and gave him Hebron for an inheritance because he 'wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.' *Related to*: [[Num-14#v24|Numbers 14:24]] ### Joshua the son of Nun... shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prediction that Joshua, rather than Moses, will be the leader who brings the nation into their territorial inheritance. *Historical context*: The Book of Joshua details his success in leading the crossing of the Jordan River ([[Josh|Joshua 3]]) and the subsequent division of the land among the tribes ([[Josh|Joshua 13]]-21). *Related to*: [[Num-27#v18|Numbers 27:18]]-23 ### your children... shall go in there. I will give it to them, and they shall possess it. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that the younger generation, whom the parents feared would be captured, would be the ones to actually occupy Canaan. *Historical context*: This was fulfilled when the second generation of Israelites crossed the Jordan under Joshua's command to begin the conquest ([[Josh-04#v1|Joshua 4:1]]). *Related to*: [[Num-14#v31|Numbers 14:31]] ### The Amorites... came out against you and chased you as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The fulfillment of God's warning (v. 42) that if the people attempted to fight without His presence, they would be defeated by their enemies. *Historical context*: The historical account of this defeat is recorded in [[Num-14#v44|Numbers 14:44]]-45, where the Amalekites and Canaanites routed the Israelites at Hormah. *Related to*: [[Deut-01#v42|Deuteronomy 1:42]] ### Also Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, saying, 'You also shall not go in there.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The divine sentence upon Moses, prohibiting him from entering the Promised Land. *Historical context*: [[Deut-34#v4|Deuteronomy 34:4]]-5 records that Moses was permitted to see the land from Mount Nebo but died in the land of Moab without crossing the Jordan. *Related to*: [[Num-20#v12|Numbers 20:12]] --- #ai_prophecy