Joshua 23:9
And then the Lord God will take away, in your sight, nations that are great and very robust, and no one will be able to withstand you.
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8Instead, cling to the Lord your God, just as you have done even to this day.
Cross References
Exodus 23:30I will expel them little by little from your sight, until you have expanded and may possess the land.
Deuteronomy 11:23the Lord will scatter all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, though they are greater and stronger than you.
Joshua 1:8The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.
Joshua 21:43Indeed, not so much as one word that he had promised to provide for them was left empty; instead, everything was fulfilled.
Joshua 24:18And he cast out all the nations, the Amorite, the inhabitant of the land that we entered. And so, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
2 Chronicles 20:7Did not you, our God, put to death all the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel? And you gave it to the offspring of your friend Abraham, for all time.
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 →