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It is a concept that appears frequently throughout the Scriptures, encompassing both material and spiritual dimensions. The term is used to describe the inheritance of land, the control of demonic forces over individuals, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in believers.<br><br><b>Possession of Land and Property</b> <br>The concept of possession is central to the narrative of the Israelites, particularly in the context of the Promised Land. God promised Abraham that his descendants would possess the land of Canaan. This promise is reiterated throughout the Pentateuch and the historical books. In <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> , God declares, "And to you and your descendants I will give the land of your sojourn—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God." The possession of land is not merely a matter of ownership but is tied to the covenant relationship between God and His people.<br><br>The book of Joshua details the conquest and division of the land among the tribes of Israel, emphasizing the fulfillment of God's promise. <a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">Joshua 21:43</a> states, "So the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there."<br><br><b>Spiritual Possession: Demonic and Divine</b> <br>In the New Testament, possession often refers to the control of individuals by spiritual forces. Demonic possession is depicted as a condition where individuals are overtaken by evil spirits, leading to physical and mental afflictions. Jesus' ministry included numerous instances of exorcism, demonstrating His authority over demonic forces. In <a href="/mark/5-2.htm">Mark 5:2-8</a> , Jesus encounters a man possessed by an unclean spirit: "When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who came from the tombs to meet Him... For Jesus had already declared, 'Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!'"<br><br>Conversely, the New Testament also speaks of the positive aspect of spiritual possession, where believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. This divine possession is a mark of belonging to Christ and is associated with empowerment for holy living and service. In <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a> , Paul reminds believers, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body."<br><br><b>Inheritance and Eternal Possession</b> <br>The theme of possession extends to the spiritual inheritance promised to believers. The New Testament speaks of an eternal inheritance that is imperishable and reserved in heaven. This is a possession that transcends earthly boundaries and is secured through faith in Christ. In <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13-14</a> , Paul writes, "And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory."<br><br><b>Conclusion</b> <br>The biblical concept of possession encompasses both tangible and intangible elements, reflecting God's promises and the spiritual realities of His kingdom. Whether referring to land, spiritual control, or eternal inheritance, possession in the Bible underscores the relationship between God and His people, marked by covenant, authority, and divine presence.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Possession</span><p>[<a href="../d/demoniacs.htm">DEMONIACS</a>]<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) The state of holding as one's own.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizing or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) To invest with property.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">POSSESS; POSSESSION</span><p>po-zes', po-zesh'-un: "Possess" in modern English means normally only "keep in one's possession." But in Elizabethan English it means also "take into possession," and, in fact, the word in the Old Testament always represents Hebrew verbs with the latter as their primary meaning (yarash, in nearly all cases, otherwise nachal, qanah, 'achaz; Aramaic chacan). Consequently, in almost every case "take possession of" could be substituted advantageously for "possess," but the Revised Version (British and American) has not thought the change worth carrying through. In the Apocrypha and New Testament, however, the distinction has been made, the King James Version's "possess" being retained for katecho, in <a href="/1_corinthians/7-30.htm">1 Corinthians 7:30</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm">2 Corinthians 6:10</a>, but the same translation for ktaomai, is changed into "take us for a possession (Judith 8:22), "get" (<a href="/luke/18-12.htm">Luke 18:12</a>), "win" (<a href="/luke/21-19.htm">Luke 21:19</a>), and "possess himself of" (<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:4</a>, a very obscure passage). In the noun possession, on the other hand, no such ambiguity exists, and attention need be called only to the following passages. In <a href="/deuteronomy/11-6.htm">Deuteronomy 11:6</a>, the King James Version has, "all the substance that was in their possession," Hebrew "all that subsisted at their feet," the Revised Version (British and American) "every living thing that followed them." the King James Version uses "possession" loosely in <a href="/acts/28-7.htm">Acts 28:7</a> for chorion, the Revised Version (British and American) "lands." peripoiesis, from peripoieo, "cause to remain over," "gain," rendered "God's own possession" in <a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Ephesians 1:14</a> the Revised Version (British and American) (the King James Version "possession") and <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a> (the King James Version "peculiar," the King James Version margin "purchased"). "God's own" is a gloss but is implied in the context.<br><br>Burton Scott Easton<p><span class="encheading">POSSESSION, DEMONIACAL</span><p>de-mo-ni'-a-kal (<a href="/matthew/4-24.htm">Matthew 4:24</a>; <a href="/matthew/8-16.htm">Matthew 8:16</a>, etc.).<br><br>See <a href="../d/demon.htm">DEMON, DEMONIAC, DEMONOLOGY</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2933.htm"><span class="l">2933. ktema -- a <b>possession</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>possession</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ktema Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ktay'-mah) Short Definition: a field, property Definition: a piece of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2933.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4041.htm"><span class="l">4041. periousios -- of one's own <b>possession</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> of one's own <b>possession</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: periousios Phonetic<br> Spelling: (per-ee-oo'-see-os) Short Definition: costly, specially chosen <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4041.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4046.htm"><span class="l">4046. peripoieo -- to preserve, get <b>possession</b> of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to preserve, get <b>possession</b> of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peripoieo<br> Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I acquire <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4046.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4047.htm"><span class="l">4047. peripoiesis -- preservation, acquisition</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Noun, Feminine Transliteration: peripoiesis Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy'-ay-sis)<br> Short Definition: obtaining, possessing, <b>possession</b> Definition: acquiring <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4047.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2697.htm"><span class="l">2697. kataschesis -- a holding fast</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a holding fast. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kataschesis Phonetic<br> Spelling: (kat-as'-khes-is) Short Definition: a <b>possession</b> Definition: a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2697.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5225.htm"><span class="l">5225. huparcho -- to begin, to be ready or at hand, to be</span></a> <br><b>...</b> at hand, to be. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: huparcho Phonetic Spelling:<br> (hoop-ar'-kho) Short Definition: I am, exist, am in <b>possession</b> Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5225.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/2817.htm"><span class="l">2817. kleronomia -- an inheritance</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Definition: an inheritance, an heritage, regularly the gift of God to His chosen<br> people, in the Old Testament: the Promised Land, in NT a <b>possession</b> viewed in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2817.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5223.htm"><span class="l">5223. huparxis -- subsistence, existence, property</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 5223 -- (from 5223, "exist possess beforehand," see there) -- properly, a <b>possession</b><br> kept someone's authority, ie already at their discretion ("available"). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5223.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3084.htm"><span class="l">3084. lutroo -- to release by paying a ransom, to redeem</span></a> <br><b>...</b> with 3083/, "a ") -- properly, to (set free) ; "to release, on receipt of ransom"<br> (Vine); (figuratively) to restore "something , into the <b>possession</b> of its <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3084.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5287.htm"><span class="l">5287. hupostasis -- a support, substance, steadiness, hence <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> particular agreement. For the believer, 5287 ("title of <b>possession</b>") is the<br> Lord's guarantee to fulfill the faith He inbirths (cf. Heb 11 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5287.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3423.htm"><span class="l">3423. yarash -- to take <b>possession</b> of, inherit, dispossess</span></a><br><b>...</b> yarash or yaresh. 3424 . to take <b>possession</b> of, inherit, dispossess. Transliteration:<br> yarash or yaresh Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-rash') Short Definition: possess <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3423.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4180.htm"><span class="l">4180. morash -- a <b>possession</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 4179, 4180. morash. 4181 . a <b>possession</b>. Transliteration: morash Phonetic<br> Spelling: (mo-rawsh') Short Definition: <b>possession</b>. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4180.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4181.htm"><span class="l">4181. morashah -- a <b>possession</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 4180, 4181. morashah. 4182 . a <b>possession</b>. Transliteration: morashah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (mo-raw-shaw') Short Definition: <b>possession</b>. Word Origin fem. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4181.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/272.htm"><span class="l">272. achuzzah -- a <b>possession</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 271, 272. achuzzah. 273 . a <b>possession</b>. Transliteration: achuzzah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (akh-ooz-zaw') Short Definition: <b>possession</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/272.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5157.htm"><span class="l">5157. nachal -- to get or take as a <b>possession</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5156, 5157. nachal. 5158 . to get or take as a <b>possession</b>. Transliteration:<br> nachal Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khal') Short Definition: inherit. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5157.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3425.htm"><span class="l">3425. yerushshah -- <b>possession</b>, inheritance</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3424, 3425. yerushshah. 3426 . <b>possession</b>, inheritance. Transliteration:<br> yerushshah Phonetic Spelling: (yer-oosh-shaw') Short Definition: <b>possession</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3425.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3424.htm"><span class="l">3424. yereshah -- <b>possession</b>.</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>possession</b>. Transliteration: yereshah Phonetic Spelling: (yer-ay-shaw') Short<br> Definition: <b>possession</b>. Word Origin from yarash Definition <b>possession</b>. <b>possession</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3424.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5459.htm"><span class="l">5459. segullah -- <b>possession</b>, property</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5458, 5459. segullah. 5460 . <b>possession</b>, property. Transliteration: segullah<br> Phonetic Spelling: (seg-ool-law') Short Definition: <b>possession</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5459.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm"><span class="l">5159. nachalah -- <b>possession</b>, property, inheritance</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5158b, 5159. nachalah. 5160 . <b>possession</b>, property, inheritance. Transliteration:<br> nachalah Phonetic Spelling: (nakh-al-aw') Short Definition: inheritance. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5159.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/270.htm"><span class="l">270. achaz -- to grasp, take hold, take <b>possession</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 269, 270. achaz. 271 . to grasp, take hold, take <b>possession</b>. Transliteration:<br> achaz Phonetic Spelling: (aw-khaz') Short Definition: seized. Word Origin a prim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/270.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/kingsley/daily_thoughts_/the_possession_of_faith_january.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Possession</b> of Faith. January 14.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>Possession</b> of Faith. January 14. I don't want to possess a faith, I want<br> a faith which will possess me. Hypatia, chap. xvii. 1852. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/daily thoughts /the possession of faith january.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xv_of_the_excessive.htm"><span class="l">Of the Excessive Desire of <b>Possession</b> among Us.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Prolegomena. Chapter XV. Of the excessive desire of <b>possession</b> among us.<br> To this what shall we wretched creatures say, who though <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv of the excessive.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_this_is_a_good.htm"><span class="l">Whether this is a Good Definition of Eternity, "The Simultaneously <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) Whether this is a good definition of eternity,<br> "The simultaneously-whole and perfect <b>possession</b> of interminable life"? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether this is a good.htm</font><p><a href="/library/coleridge/confessions_of_an_inquiring_spirit_etc/letter_vii_you_are_now.htm"><span class="l">Letter vii. You are Now, My Dear Friend, in <b>Possession</b> of My Whole <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> LETTERS ON THE INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES. LETTER VII. You are now, my<br> dear friend, in <b>possession</b> of my whole mind on this point? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/letter vii you are now.htm</font><p><a href="/library/allen/autobiography_of_frank_g_allen_minister_of_the_gospel/chapter_x_narrow_escapes_is.htm"><span class="l">Narrow Escapes. Is Thrown from a Horse. Has Pneumonia. Nearly <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Has Pneumonia. Nearly Killed. Self-<b>possession</b>. Almost Drowned. Eludes Angry Soldiers. <b>...</b><br> Has Pneumonia. Nearly Killed. Self-<b>possession</b>. Almost Drowned. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter x narrow escapes is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/severus/life_and_writings_of_sulpitius_severus_/chapter_v_now_there_are.htm"><span class="l">Now, There are Three Kinds of virtue, by Means of which the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Doubtful Letters Of Sulpitius Severus. Chapter V. Now, there are three<br> kinds of virtue, by means of which the <b>possession</b> of the? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter v now there are.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_iv_on_the_death_of_2.htm"><span class="l">On the Death of George, Athanasius Returns to Alexandria, and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book III. Chapter IV."On the Death of George, Athanasius returns to<br> Alexandria, and takes <b>Possession</b> of his See. Not long after <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of scholasticus/chapter iv on the death of 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xxiii_how_it_is.htm"><span class="l">How it is Useful for us to Take <b>Possession</b> of their Lands.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XXIII. How it is useful for<br> us to take <b>possession</b> of their lands. But the fact that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxiii how it is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sozomen/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_sozomenus/chapter_ix_the_disturbance_which_the.htm"><span class="l">The Disturbance which the Greeks and Christians had About Attalus. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Courageous Saros; Alaric, by a Stratagem, obtains <b>Possession</b> of Rome,<br> and protected the Sacred Asylum of the Apostle Peter. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ix the disturbance which the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/neander/the_life_of_jesus_christ_in_its_historical_connexion/section_101_two_theories_of.htm"><span class="l">Two Theories of the Affliction: (A) <b>Possession</b> by Evil Spirits (B) <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Section 101. Two Theories of the Affliction: (a) <b>Possession</b> by Evil Spirits<br> (b) Insanity."Analogous Phenomena in other Times. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../section 101 two theories of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/p/possession.htm"><span class="l"><b>Possession</b> (251 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent<br> passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal <b>possession</b>. <b>...</b> POSSESS; <b>POSSESSION</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/possession.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/demon-possession.htm"><span class="l">Demon-<b>possession</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Demon-<b>possession</b>. Demon-possessed, Demon-<b>possession</b>. Demons .<br> Multi-Version Concordance Demon-<b>possession</b> (1 Occurrence). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/demon-possession.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/peculiar.htm"><span class="l">Peculiar (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> peculium, and denotes, as rendered in the Revised Version ("a people for<br> God's own <b>possession</b>"), a special <b>possession</b> or property. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/peculiar.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/contend.htm"><span class="l">Contend (56 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> to quarrel; to fight. 2. (vi) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain<br> or retain <b>possession</b> of, or to defend. 3. (vi) To strive <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/contend.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/burying-place.htm"><span class="l">Burying-place (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> with you. Give me a <b>possession</b> of a burying-place with you, that I may bury<br> my dead out of my sight." (WEB JPS ASV WBS YLT). Genesis <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/burying-place.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/buryingplace.htm"><span class="l">Buryingplace (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a <b>possession</b> of a<br> buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. (KJV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/buryingplace.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/burying.htm"><span class="l">Burying (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> you. Give me a <b>possession</b> of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead<br> out of my sight." (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV). Genesis <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/burying.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/se'ir.htm"><span class="l">Se'ir (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See RSV). Numbers 24:18 Edom shall be a <b>possession</b>. Seir, his enemies, also<br> shall be a <b>possession</b>, while Israel does valiantly. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/se'ir.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/site.htm"><span class="l">Site (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> living with you. Give me a <b>possession</b> of a burying-place with you, that I<br> may bury my dead out of my sight." (See NAS NIV). Genesis 23 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/site.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dispossessed.htm"><span class="l">Dispossessed (42 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 7:45 which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they<br> entered into the <b>possession</b> of the nations, whom God drove out before the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dispossessed.htm - 19k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/demon-possession.html">What does the Bible say about demon possession / demonic possession? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/psychological-demon.html">How do we distinguish a psychological disorder from demon possession? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/dissociative-identity-disorder-DID.html">What does the Bible say about dissociative identity disorder? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/possession.htm">Possession: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Possession (251 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5</a></span><br />"Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/18-8.htm">Matthew 18:8</a></span><br />If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire of the Ages.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/18-9.htm">Matthew 18:9</a></span><br />And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life with only one eye, than to remain in <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of two eyes but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43</a></span><br />If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed, than remain in <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of both your hands and go away into Gehenna, into the fire which cannot be put out.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-45.htm">Mark 9:45</a></span><br />Or if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life crippled, than remain in <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-47.htm">Mark 9:47</a></span><br />Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-21.htm">Luke 11:21</a></span><br />"Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of his property;<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1</a></span><br />But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-3.htm">Acts 5:3</a></span><br />"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan taken <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of your heart, that you should try to deceive the Holy Spirit and dishonestly keep back part of the price paid you for this land?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Acts 7:5</a></span><br />He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-29.htm">1 Corinthians 12:29</a></span><br />Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all in <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of miraculous powers? <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Ephesians 1:14</a></span><br />who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, to the praise of his glory.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">Philippians 3:12</a></span><br />Not that I have already obtained the prize, or am already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may get <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of it, seeing that also I have been taken possession of by Christ Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/3-13.htm">Philippians 3:13</a></span><br />Brethren, I do not count to have got <span class="boldtext">possession</span> myself; but one thing forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a></span><br />who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, zealous for good works.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/10-34.htm">Hebrews 10:34</a></span><br />For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Hebrews 10:39</a></span><br />But we are not people who shrink back and perish, but are among those who believe and gain <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of their souls.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13</a></span><br />All these died in the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a></span><br />But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a></span><br />And He saith unto him, 'I 'am' Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8</a></span><br />and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a></span><br />I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting <span class="boldtext">possession</span>. I will be their God."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Genesis 21:10</a></span><br />and she saith to Abraham, 'Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no <span class="boldtext">possession</span> with my son -- with Isaac.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></span><br />that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a></span><br />"I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-9.htm">Genesis 23:9</a></span><br />that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me among you for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of a burying-place."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-18.htm">Genesis 23:18</a></span><br />to Abraham for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-20.htm">Genesis 23:20</a></span><br />The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of a burying place by the children of Heth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/26-14.htm">Genesis 26:14</a></span><br />He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Genesis 28:4</a></span><br />and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/30-33.htm">Genesis 30:33</a></span><br />So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-18.htm">Genesis 31:18</a></span><br />and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-43.htm">Genesis 36:43</a></span><br />chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their <span class="boldtext">possession</span>. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/44-16.htm">Genesis 44:16</a></span><br />Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/44-17.htm">Genesis 44:17</a></span><br />He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">Genesis 47:11</a></span><br />Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-18.htm">Genesis 47:18</a></span><br />And that year ended; and they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide it from my lord that since our money is come to an end, and the herds of cattle are in the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of my lord, nothing is left before my lord but our bodies and our land.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Genesis 47:27</a></span><br />Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Genesis 48:4</a></span><br />and said to me,'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting <span class="boldtext">possession</span>.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-30.htm">Genesis 49:30</a></span><br />In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of a buryingplace.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/50-13.htm">Genesis 50:13</a></span><br />for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/6-8.htm">Exodus 6:8</a></span><br />And I will bring you into the land concerning which I swore to give it unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; and I will give it you for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>: I am Jehovah.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5</a></span><br />Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own <span class="boldtext">possession</span> from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-16.htm">Exodus 21:16</a></span><br />"Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Exodus 22:2</a></span><br />If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-4.htm">Exodus 22:4</a></span><br />If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-9.htm">Exodus 22:9</a></span><br />For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says,'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-30.htm">Exodus 23:30</a></span><br />Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-9.htm">Exodus 34:9</a></span><br />He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/35-23.htm">Exodus 35:23</a></span><br />Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/35-24.htm">Exodus 35:24</a></span><br />Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/14-34.htm">Leviticus 14:34</a></span><br />"When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Leviticus 20:24</a></span><br />And I have said unto you, Ye shall possess their land, and I will give it unto you for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>; a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who have separated you from the peoples.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a></span><br />And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, and ye shall return every man unto his family.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-13.htm">Leviticus 25:13</a></span><br />In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-24.htm">Leviticus 25:24</a></span><br />In all the land of your <span class="boldtext">possession</span> you shall grant a redemption for the land. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Leviticus 25:25</a></span><br />"'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Leviticus 25:27</a></span><br />Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-28.htm">Leviticus 25:28</a></span><br />But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-32.htm">Leviticus 25:32</a></span><br />"'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, the Levites may redeem at any time.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-33.htm">Leviticus 25:33</a></span><br />The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-34.htm">Leviticus 25:34</a></span><br />But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual <span class="boldtext">possession</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-41.htm">Leviticus 25:41</a></span><br />then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of his fathers.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Leviticus 25:45</a></span><br />Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your <span class="boldtext">possession</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-46.htm">Leviticus 25:46</a></span><br />You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>; of them may you take your slaves forever: but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">Leviticus 27:16</a></span><br />"'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-21.htm">Leviticus 27:21</a></span><br />But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> thereof shall be the priest's.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-22.htm">Leviticus 27:22</a></span><br />"'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-24.htm">Leviticus 27:24</a></span><br />In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of the land belongs.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-28.htm">Leviticus 27:28</a></span><br />"'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/13-30.htm">Numbers 13:30</a></span><br />And Caleb stilled the people toward Moses, and said: 'We should go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.'<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Numbers 14:24</a></span><br />But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/21-24.htm">Numbers 21:24</a></span><br />And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/21-35.htm">Numbers 21:35</a></span><br />And they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, so that they left him none remaining, and took <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of his land.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18</a></span><br />Edom shall be a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/26-56.htm">Numbers 26:56</a></span><br />According to the lot shall the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> thereof be divided between many and few. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/27-4.htm">Numbers 27:4</a></span><br />Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> among the brothers of our father."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/27-7.htm">Numbers 27:7</a></span><br />"The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-30.htm">Numbers 31:30</a></span><br />And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one <span class="boldtext">possession</span> out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-47.htm">Numbers 31:47</a></span><br />Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one <span class="boldtext">possession</span> from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-5.htm">Numbers 32:5</a></span><br />They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>; don't bring us over the Jordan."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-22.htm">Numbers 32:22</a></span><br />and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span> before Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-29.htm">Numbers 32:29</a></span><br />Moses said to them, "If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-30.htm">Numbers 32:30</a></span><br />but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-32.htm">Numbers 32:32</a></span><br />We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/33-53.htm">Numbers 33:53</a></span><br />and you shall take <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given given the land to you to possess it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/34-13.htm">Numbers 34:13</a></span><br />Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/34-15.htm">Numbers 34:15</a></span><br />the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/34-17.htm">Numbers 34:17</a></span><br />These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/34-18.htm">Numbers 34:18</a></span><br />And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-2.htm">Numbers 35:2</a></span><br />"Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their <span class="boldtext">possession</span> cities to dwell in; and You shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-8.htm">Numbers 35:8</a></span><br />Concerning the cities which you shall give of the <span class="boldtext">possession</span> of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-28.htm">Numbers 35:28</a></span><br />because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his <span class="boldtext">possession</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/36-8.htm">Numbers 36:8</a></span><br />And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a></span><br />Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.'<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-21.htm">Deuteronomy 1:21</a></span><br />Behold, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take <span class="boldtext">possession</span>, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-39.htm">Deuteronomy 1:39</a></span><br />Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-5.htm">Deuteronomy 2:5</a></span><br />don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">Deuteronomy 2:9</a></span><br />Yahweh said to me, "Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a <span class="boldtext">possession</span>; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><a href="/concordance/p/possession2.htm"></a><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/possession.htm">Possession</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/acquired.htm">Acquired (32 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