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Joshua 23:5

3 “and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.

4 See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

6 Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

7 So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

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BSB
The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
KJV
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.
WEB
The LORD your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke to you.
ASV
And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto you.
DARBY
And Jehovah your God, he will expel them from before you, and dispossess them from out of your sight; and ye shall take possession of their land, as Jehovah your God hath said unto you.
BLB
And YHWH your⁺ God, He will expel them from before you⁺ and drive them out of your⁺ sight; and you⁺ shall possess their land as YHWH your⁺ God has spoken to you⁺.
ÅB
Og Herren deres Gud skal selv støte dem ut og drive dem bort for dere, og dere skal ta deres land i eie, slik som Herren deres Gud har sagt til dere.
OTB
Herren deres Gud vil drive dem ut foran dere og skyve dem bort for deres skyld, og dere vil ta deres land i eie, slik Herren deres Gud har lovet dere.
B1930
Og Herren eders Gud skal selv støte dem ut og drive dem bort for eder, og I skal ta deres land i eie, således som Herren eders Gud har sagt til eder.

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  • Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Joshua 13:6

    All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.

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  • Exodus 34:11

    Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:23

    then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

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  • Numbers 33:52–53

    you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

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  • Joshua 23:12–13

    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

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  • Exodus 23:30–31

    Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

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