See, I have given you this land(A).(B) Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore(C) he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

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27 Go up to the top of Pisgah(A) and look west and north and south and east.(B) Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross(C) this Jordan.(D) 28 But commission(E) Joshua, and encourage(F) and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across(G) and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.”

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But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you(A) like a devouring fire.(B) He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly,(C) as the Lord has promised you.

After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself,(D) “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness(E) of these nations(F) that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity(G) that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness(H) of these nations,(I) the Lord your God will drive them out(J) before you, to accomplish what he swore(K) to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(L)

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20 For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts(A) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.(B)

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15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(A) You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.(B)’”

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