Deuteronomy 12:29
The Abomination of Pagan Gods When the LORD your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land.
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- Josh 23:4 : 4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the nations I defeated.
- Deut 19:1 : 1 Laws Concerning Manslaughter When the LORD your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,
- Ps 78:55 : 55 He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.
- Exod 23:23 : 23 For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.
- Deut 9:3 : 3 Understand today that the LORD your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.
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1Laws Concerning Manslaughter When the LORD your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,
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23then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
- Deut 9:3-53 verses82%
3Understand today that the LORD your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.
4Do not think to yourself after the LORD your God has driven them out before you,“Because of my own righteousness the LORD has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.
5It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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5The LORD your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the LORD your God promised you.
- Deut 31:3-53 verses80%
3As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.
4The LORD will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.
5The LORD will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.
- Deut 7:1-22 verses79%
1The Dispossession of Nonvassals When the LORD your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you– Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you–
2and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!
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30After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say,“How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”
- Deut 6:18-192 verses78%
18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,
19and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the LORD said.
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31For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the LORD your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.
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38to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.
- Deut 7:22-243 verses78%
22He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.
23The LORD your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed.
24He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.
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17If you think,“These nations are more numerous than I– how can I dispossess them?”
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24Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.
- Num 33:52-532 verses77%
52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
53You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.
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1Presentation of the First Fruits When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,
- Judg 11:23-242 verses77%
23Since the LORD God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them?
24You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the LORD our God has driven out before us.
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28Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.
- Deut 12:9-102 verses76%
9for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.
10When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.
- Deut 12:1-22 verses76%
1The Central Sanctuary These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess.
2You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods– on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.
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5Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.
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63This is what will happen: Just as the LORD delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.
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4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,
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17Instead you must utterly annihilate them– the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites– just as the LORD your God has commanded you,
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20Just like the nations the LORD is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.
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1Theological Justification of the Conquest Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.
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23For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.
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10Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,
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9Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
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9“The LORD drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.
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9The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.
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8The Abundance of the Land of Promise Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,
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19So when the LORD your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he is giving you as an inheritance, you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven– do not forget!
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12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,
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21Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”
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21The LORD will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.
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13know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you.
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24For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.
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30Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.