Rashi (ad loc):"HaShem (G-d) spoke to Mosheh (Moses), saying, 'Command the Children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come to the Land of Kenaan (Canaan), this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, the Land of Kenaan according to its boundaries...''"
"'shall fall to you' - 'Since [the land] was divided by lot, this division is refered to in terms of 'falling' [as lots are 'cast']. According to a midrashic interpretation, [the land is said to 'fall'] since the Holy One cast down the guardian angels of the seven [Kenaanite] nations from heaven and bound them before Mosheh. [HaShem] said to him: 'See, they have no more strength.''"
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