Joshua 23:5

The Lord your God will destroy them, and take them away from before your face, and you shall possess the land as he hath promised you.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

In Context

4And now since he hath divided to you by lot all the land, from the east of the Jordan unto the great sea, and many nations yet remain:

6Only take courage, and be careful to observe all things that are written in the book of the law of Moses: and turn not aside from them neither to the right hand nor to the left:

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Cross References

Exodus 33:2And I will send an angel before thee, that I may cast out the Chanaanite, and the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite.

Numbers 33:52Destroy all the inhabitants of that land: beat down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all their high places,

Deuteronomy 11:23The Lord will destroy all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, which are greater and stronger than you.

Joshua 23:12But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships:

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 →

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