Its significance, of course, lies, not in itself, but in what it foretokens and allows: the possession of Canaan. There follow instructions for the time ‘when you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan’ (33:51), concerning the treatment of the Canaanites and the method of distribution of the land (33:50–56); then (34:1–15), a demarcation of the boundaries of the land, ‘the land of Canaan in its full extent’ (34:2 RSV), the names of the men ‘who shall divide the land to you for inheritance’ (34:16–29),