Joshua 23:9
For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
8But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.
Cross References
Exodus 23:30Little by little I will send them away before you, till your numbers are increased and you take up your heritage in the land.
Deuteronomy 11:23Then the Lord will send these nations in flight before you, and you will take the lands of nations greater and stronger than yourselves.
Joshua 1:8Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.
Joshua 21:43So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.
Joshua 24:18And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.
2 Chronicles 20:7Did you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?
Matthew Henry on Joshua 23:2-11
Joshua's Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought… Read the whole commentary →