Deuteronomy 1:8
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:20 identifies the hill country as the land God is giving, directly continuing the command in verse 8.
Deuteronomy 6:23 summarizes the exodus purpose as giving the land sworn to the patriarchs in 1:8.
Deuteronomy 2:31 records the start of conquering Sihon, fulfilling the land promise of 1:8.
Genesis 13:15 confirms the eternal grant of the land to Abraham and his seed, the covenant basis for the command here.
Genesis 28:14 promises Jacob's offspring will spread and bless all families—the same covenant promise Moses invokes in this verse.
In Genesis 28:13, God appears to Jacob at Bethel and repeats the land promise to him and his descendants—directly behind Deuteronomy's words.
Genesis 26:4 expands the promise to Isaac, saying his descendants will be as numerous as stars and all nations blessed—part of the patriarchal promise referenced.
Genesis 26:3 repeats the land promise to Isaac: 'To you and your offspring I will give all these lands'—the same promise cited in Deuteronomy.
In Genesis 22:16-18, God swears by Himself to bless Abraham's offspring and give them the land—the oath Moses recalls in this verse.
Genesis 17:8 explicitly promises the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession to Abraham and his descendants—directly quoted in Deuteronomy 1:8.
Genesis 15:18 records the formal covenant where God gives the land to Abraham's descendants—the precise promise Moses references in Deuteronomy.
In Genesis 15:16, God reveals the timing for the land promise—the Amorites' sin delays possession, setting the stage for the inheritance Moses recalls.
Genesis 12:7 records the original promise to Abraham that this land would be given to his seed, which Deuteronomy 1:8 refers to as the basis for possession.
In Genesis 24:7, Abraham's servant recalls God's promise to give the land to Isaac's descendants—a narrative echo of the promise Moses cites.
Genesis 50:24 repeats the land oath to the patriarchs, foreshadowing the command to possess the land.
Numbers 34:2 defines the borders of the land Moses commands Israel to take in Deuteronomy 1:8.
Jeremiah 32:22 echoes the oath to give the land flowing with milk and honey from Deuteronomy 1:8.