Deuteronomy 9:1

Hear, O Israel: Thou shalt go over the Jordan this day; to possess nations very great, and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled up to the sky,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

In Context

2A People great and tall, the sons of the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:1And the people seeing that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, gathering together against Aaron, said: Arise, make us gods, that may go before us: for as to this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has befallen him.

Numbers 13:28And they related and said: We came into the land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and honey as may be known by these fruits:

Deuteronomy 1:28You murmured in your tents, and said: The Lord hateth us, and therefore he hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, that he might deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite, and destroy us.

Deuteronomy 4:1And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you.

Deuteronomy 7:1When the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, which thou art going in to possess, and shall have destroyed many nations before thee, the Hethite, and the Gergezite, and the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, seven nations much more numerous than thou art, and stronger than thou:

Deuteronomy 11:31For you shall pass over the Jordan, to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have it and possess it.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:1

The design of Moses in this chapter is to convince the people of Israel of their utter unworthiness to receive from God those great favours that were now to be conferred upon them, writing this, as it were, in capital letters at the head of their charter, "Not for your sake, be it known unto you," Ezek. xxxvi. 32 . I. He assures them of victory over their enemies, ver. 1-3 . II. He cautions them not to attribute their successes to their own merit, but to God's justice, which was engaged against their enemies, and… Read the whole commentary →

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