"For I will driveout nationsbeforeyou and enlargeyour borders,and nomanshall covetyour landwhen you goup threetimesa yearto appearbeforethe LORDyour God.
On that daythe LORDmadea covenantwith Abram,saying,"To your descendantsI have giventhisland,From the riverof Egyptas faras the greatriver,the riverEuphrates:
As they journeyed,there was a greatterrorupon the citieswhichwere aroundthem, and they did not pursuethe sonsof Jacob.
Now Hiramkingof Tyresenthis servantsto Solomon,whenhe heardthat they had anointedhim kingin placeof his father,for Hiramhadalwaysbeena friendof David.
Now Jabezcalledon the Godof Israel,saying,"Ohthat You would blessme indeedand enlargemy border,and that Your handmight be with me, and that You would keep[me] from harmthat [it] may not painme!" And Godgrantedhim whathe requested.
Now the dreadof the LORDwas on allthe kingdomsof the landswhich[were] aroundJudah,so that they did not makewaragainstJehoshaphat.
"Have You not madea hedgeabouthim and his houseand allthat he has, on everyside?You have blessedthe workof his hands,and his possessionshave increasedin the land.
In my troubleI criedto the LORD,And He answeredme.
He also droveout the nationsbeforethem And apportionedthem for an inheritanceby measurement,And made the tribesof Israeldwellin their tents.
You removeda vinefrom Egypt;You droveout the nationsand plantedit.
"I will sendan angelbeforeyou and I will driveout the Canaanite,the Amorite,the Hittite,the Perizzite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
"Be sure to observewhatI am commandingyou this day:behold,I am going to driveout the Amoritebeforeyou, and the Canaanite,the Hittite,the Perizzite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
When a man'swaysare pleasingto the LORD,He makesevenhis enemiesto be at peacewith him.
Do not defileyourselves by anyof thesethings;for by allthesethe nationswhichI am castingout beforeyou have becomedefiled.
for I amwith you, and no manwill attackyou in order to harmyou, for I have manypeoplein thiscity."
"Whenthe LORDyour Godextendsyour borderas He has promisedyou, and you say,'I will eatmeat,'becauseyou desireto eatmeat,[then] you may eatmeat,whateveryou desire.
"Threetimesin a yearallyour malesshall appearbeforethe LORDyour Godin the placewhichHe chooses,at the Feastof UnleavenedBreadand at the Feastof Weeksand at the Feastof Booths,and they shall not appearbeforethe LORDempty-handed.
"Ifthe LORDyour Godenlargesyour territory,justas He has swornto your fathers,and givesyou allthe landwhichHe promisedto giveyour fathers--
"Whenthe LORDyour Godbringsyou into the landwhereyou are enteringto possessit, and clearsawaymanynationsbeforeyou, the Hittitesand the Girgashitesand the Amoritesand the Canaanitesand the Perizzitesand the Hivitesand the Jebusites,sevennationsgreaterand strongerthanyou,
