Verse 24

And they answered{H6030} Joshua,{H3091} and said,{H559} Because it was certainly{H5046} told{H5046} thy servants,{H5650} how that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680} his servant{H5650} Moses{H4872} to give{H5414} you all the land,{H776} and to destroy{H8045} all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you; therefore we were sore{H3966} afraid{H3372} for our lives{H5315} because{H6440} of you, and have done{H6213} this thing.{H1697}

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:31-33 : 31 And I will set{H7896} thy border{H1366} from the Red{H5488} Sea{H3220} even unto the sea{H3220} of the Philistines,{H6430} and from the wilderness{H4057} unto the River:{H5104} for I will deliver{H5414} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} into your hand;{H3027} and thou shalt drive them out{H1644} before{H6440} thee. 32 Thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods.{H430} 33 They shall not dwell{H3427} in thy land,{H776} lest they make thee sin{H2398} against me; for if thou serve{H5647} their gods,{H430} it will surely be a snare{H4170} unto thee.
  • Deut 7:1-2 : 1 When Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall bring{H935} thee into the land{H776} whither thou goest{H935} to possess{H3423} it, and shall cast out{H5394} many{H7227} nations{H1471} before{H6440} thee, the Hittite,{H2850} and the Girgashite,{H1622} and the Amorite,{H567} and the Canaanite,{H3669} and the Perizzite,{H6522} and the Hivite,{H2340} and the Jebusite,{H2983} seven{H7651} nations{H1471} greater{H7227} and mightier{H6099} than thou; 2 and when Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall deliver{H5414} them up before{H6440} thee, and thou shalt smite{H5221} them; then thou shalt utterly{H2763} destroy{H2763} them: thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor show mercy{H2603} unto them;
  • Deut 20:15-17 : 15 Thus shalt thou do{H6213} unto all the cities{H5892} which are very{H3966} far off{H7350} from thee, which{H2007} are not of the cities{H5892} of these nations.{H1471} 16 But of the cities{H5892} of these peoples,{H5971} that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance,{H5159} thou shalt save alive{H2421} nothing that breatheth;{H5397} 17 but thou shalt utterly{H2763} destroy{H2763} them: the Hittite,{H2850} and the Amorite,{H567} the Canaanite,{H3669} and the Perizzite,{H6522} the Hivite,{H2340} and the Jebusite;{H2983} as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath commanded{H6680} thee;
  • Josh 9:9 : 9 And they said{H559} unto him, From a very{H3966} far{H7350} country{H776} thy servants{H5650} are come{H935} because of the name{H8034} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} for we have heard{H8085} the fame{H8089} of him, and all that he did{H6213} in Egypt,{H4714}
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan{H7854} answered{H6030} Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} Skin{H5785} for skin,{H5785} yea, all that a man{H376} hath will he give{H5414} for his life.{H5315}
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And{G2532} be not{G3361} afraid{G5399} of them that kill{G615} the body,{G4983} but{G1161} are{G1410} not{G3361} able{G1410} to kill{G615} the soul:{G5590} but{G1161} rather{G3123} fear{G5399} him who is able{G1410} to destroy{G622} both{G2532} soul{G5590} and{G2532} body{G4983} in{G1722} hell.{G1067}
  • Deut 7:23-24 : 23 But Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will deliver{H5414} them up before thee,{H6440} and will discomfit{H1949} them with a great{H1419} discomfiture,{H4103} until they be destroyed.{H8045} 24 And he will deliver{H5414} their kings{H4428} into thy hand,{H3027} and thou shalt make their name{H8034} to perish{H6} from under heaven:{H8064} there shall no man{H376} be able to stand{H3320} before{H6440} thee, until thou have destroyed{H8045} them.
  • Num 33:51-52 : 51 Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, When ye pass over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} into the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} 52 then ye shall drive out{H3423} all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you, and destroy{H6} all their figured{H4906} [stones], and destroy{H6} all their molten{H4541} images,{H6754} and demolish{H8045} all their high places:{H1116}
  • Num 33:55-56 : 55 But if ye will not drive out{H3423} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you, then shall those that ye let remain{H3498} of them be as pricks{H7899} in your eyes,{H5869} and as thorns{H6796} in your sides,{H6654} and they shall vex{H6887} you in the land{H776} wherein ye dwell.{H3427} 56 And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought{H1819} to do{H6213} unto them, so will I do{H6213} unto you.
  • Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The peoples{H5971} have heard,{H8085} they tremble:{H7264} Pangs{H2427} have taken hold{H270} on the inhabitants{H3427} of Philistia.{H6429} 15 Then{H227} were the chiefs{H441} of Edom{H123} dismayed;{H926} The mighty men{H352} of Moab,{H4124} trembling{H7461} taketh hold{H270} upon them: All the inhabitants{H3427} of Canaan{H3667} are melted away.{H4127} 16 Terror{H367} and dread{H6343} falleth{H5307} upon them; By the greatness{H1419} of thine arm{H2220} they are as still{H1826} as a stone;{H68} Till thy people{H5971} pass over,{H5674} O Jehovah,{H3068} Till the people{H5971} pass over{H5674} that{H2098} thou hast purchased.{H7069}