Reference

Deuteronomy 3:18

And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
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And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

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The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.

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And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

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But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

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Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

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Israel-Specific Promises
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Israel-Specific Promises

While the verse speaks of Israel possessing the land, the command to pass over "armed before your brethren" is a directive for military action and not a promise of the land itself, which was already given.

Time-Bound Fulfillment

The verse describes a present command and a future action ("ye shall pass over"), but it does not specify a duration for the fulfillment of the land possession or the armed passage, nor does it present this as a prophecy with a defined timeline.