Numbers 33:55

Modern English Version

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain will be like thorns in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will show hostility to you in the land in which you live.

Cross References

Exodus 23:33

They shall not live in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.

Ezekiel 28:24

There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor any painful thorn among all who are around them, who despised them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.

Numbers 33:56

And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the body, a messenger of Satan, to torment me, lest I be exalted above measure.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you. Your eye shall have no pity on them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 7:4

For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will be inflamed against you, and He will quickly destroy you.

Joshua 23:7

Do not assimilate with these peoples remaining among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, nor swear by, serve, or worship them.

Judges 2:3

So now I say, ‘I will not drive them out before you. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’ ”