Deuteronomy 7:1

Good News Translation

“The Lord your God will bring you into the land that you are going to occupy, and he will drive many nations out of it. As you advance, he will drive out seven nations larger and more powerful than you: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:31

It was not enough for him to sin like King Jeroboam; he went further and married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon, and worshiped Baal.

1 Chronicles 1:14

Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites,

2 Chronicles 8:7

Solomon employed at forced labor all the descendants of the people of Canaan whom the Israelites had not killed when they took possession of the land. These included Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, whose descendants continue to be slaves down to the present time.

Ezra 9:1

After all this had been done, some of the leaders of the people of Israel came and told me that the people, the priests, and the Levites had not kept themselves separate from the people in the neighboring countries of Ammon, Moab, and Egypt or from the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Amorites. They were doing the same disgusting things which these people did.

Nehemiah 13:23

At that time I also discovered that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Psalm 78:55

He drove out the inhabitants as his people advanced; he divided their land among the tribes of Israel and gave their homes to his people.

Exodus 15:7

In majestic triumph you overthrow your foes; your anger blazes out and burns them up like straw.

Exodus 23:28

I will throw your enemies into panic; I will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites as you advance.

Exodus 23:32

Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods.

Exodus 23:33

Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you.”

Exodus 33:2

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

Exodus 6:8

I will bring you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as your own possession. I am the Lord.’”

Leviticus 14:34

the following regulations about houses affected by spreading mildew. (These were to apply after the people of Israel entered the land of Canaan, which the Lord was going to give them as their possession.) If any of you find that the Lord has sent mildew on your house, then you must go and tell the priest about it.

Numbers 13:29

Amalekites live in the southern part of the land; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and Canaanites live by the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan River.”

Numbers 14:31

You said that your children would be captured, but I will bring them into the land that you rejected, and it will be their home.

Acts 13:19

He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and made his people the owners of the land.

Deuteronomy 11:29

When the Lord brings you into the land that you are going to occupy, you are to proclaim the blessing from Mount Gerizim and the curse from Mount Ebal. (

Deuteronomy 20:1

“When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see chariots and horses and an army that outnumbers yours, do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God, who rescued you from Egypt, will be with you.

Deuteronomy 20:16

“But when you capture cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, kill everyone.

Deuteronomy 31:20

I will take them into this rich and fertile land, as I promised their ancestors. There they will have all the food they want, and they will live comfortably. But they will turn away and worship other gods. They will reject me and break my covenant,

Deuteronomy 31:3

The Lord your God himself will go before you and destroy the nations living there, so that you can occupy their land; and Joshua will be your leader, as the Lord has said.

Deuteronomy 4:38

As you advanced, he drove out nations greater and more powerful than you, so that he might bring you in and give you their land, the land which still belongs to you.

Deuteronomy 6:1

“These are all the laws that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

Deuteronomy 6:10

“Just as the Lord your God promised your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, he will give you a land with large and prosperous cities which you did not build.

Deuteronomy 6:19

and you will drive out your enemies, as he promised.

Deuteronomy 6:23

He freed us from Egypt to bring us here and give us this land, as he had promised our ancestors he would.

Deuteronomy 9:1

“Listen, people of Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River and occupy the land belonging to nations greater and more powerful than you. Their cities are large, with walls that reach the sky.

Deuteronomy 9:3

But now you will see for yourselves that the Lord your God will go ahead of you like a raging fire. He will defeat them as you advance, so that you will drive them out and destroy them quickly, as he promised.

Deuteronomy 9:4

“After the Lord your God has driven them out for you, do not say to yourselves that he brought you in to possess this land because you deserved it. No, the Lord is going to drive these people out for you because they are wicked.

Joshua 11:3

He also sent word to the Canaanites on both sides of the Jordan, to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, as well as to the Hivites who lived at the foot of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

Joshua 24:11

You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them all.

Joshua 3:10

As you advance, he will surely drive out the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. You will know that the living God is among you