Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: You eat flesh with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood; shall you then possess the land? contrasting the land-dwellers' claims with their actual practices: eating meat with blood (violating kosher laws), worshipping idols, and committing violence. The emphasis on moral transgression establishes that land possession requires ethical righteousness, not merely numerical strength or continuity of residence.

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