Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky. The people are strong and tall -- Anakites. . . .But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; He will subdue them before you. And you will drive them ...  Read More

When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land He has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe His commands . . . Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down . . . then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the la...  Read More

The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you . . . until they are destroyed. Deuteronomy 7:22-23. I can imagine the excitement of the Israelites as they waited expectantly to take possession of the Promised Land. M...  Read More

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.But those who hate Him He will repay to their face by destruction . . .   If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant of love with you . . .   He will love yo...  Read More

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations . . . nations larger and stronger than you -- and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.Do not intermarry with them.  Do not give your daughters to their so...  Read More

These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you . . . in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess . . . Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey . . .  Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and w...  Read More