Deuteronomy 9:1

New Century Version

Listen, Israel. You will soon cross the Jordan River to go in and force out nations that are bigger and stronger than you. They have large cities with walls up to the sky.

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then they said to each other, “Let’s build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth.”

Exodus 32:1

The people saw that a long time had passed and Moses had not come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron and said, “Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don’t know what has happened to him. Make us gods who will lead us.”

Daniel 4:11

The tree grew large and strong. The top of the tree touched the sky and could be seen from anywhere on earth.

Amos 2:9

“But it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, who were tall like cedar trees and as strong as oaks— I destroyed them completely.

Numbers 13:22

They went through the southern area to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak lived. (The city of Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Numbers 33:51

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you cross the Jordan River and go into Canaan,

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where can we go now? The spies we sent have made us afraid, because they said, ‘The people there are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are big, with walls up to the sky. And we saw the Anakites there!’ ”

Deuteronomy 11:23

then the Lord will force all those nations out of the land ahead of you, and you will take the land from nations that are bigger and stronger than you.

Deuteronomy 11:31

You will soon cross the Jordan River to enter and take the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and live there,

Deuteronomy 27:2

Soon you will cross the Jordan River to go into the land the Lord your God is giving you. On that day set up some large stones and cover them with plaster.

Deuteronomy 3:18

At that time I gave you this command: “The Lord your God has given you this land as your own. Now your fighting men must take their weapons, and you must lead the other Israelites across the river.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now, Israel, listen to the laws and commands I will teach you. Obey them so that you will live and so that you will go over and take the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you.

Deuteronomy 4:38

He forced nations out of their land ahead of you, nations that were bigger and stronger than you were. The Lord did this so he could bring you into their land and give it to you as your own, and this land is yours today.

Deuteronomy 6:10

The Lord your God will bring you into the land he promised to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will give it to you. The land has large, growing cities you did not build,

Deuteronomy 7:1

The Lord your God will bring you into the land that you are entering and that you will have as your own. As you go in, he will force out these nations: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—seven nations that are stronger than you.

Joshua 1:11

“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan River and take the land the Lord your God is giving you.’ ”

Joshua 1:15

The Lord has given you a place to rest and will do the same for your brothers. But you must help them until they take the land the Lord their God is giving them. Then you may return to your own land east of the Jordan River, the land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you.”

Joshua 14:12

So give me the mountain country the Lord promised me that day long ago. Back then you heard that the Anakite people lived there and the cities were large and well protected. But now with the Lord helping me, I will force them out, just as the Lord said.”

Joshua 3:14

So the people left the place where they had camped, and they followed the priests who carried the Ark of the Agreement across the Jordan River.

Joshua 3:16

the water upstream stopped flowing. It stood up in a heap a great distance away at Adam, a town near Zarethan. The water flowing down to the Sea of Arabah (the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed the river near Jericho.

Joshua 3:6

Joshua said to the priests, “Take the Ark of the Agreement and go ahead of the people.” So the priests lifted the Ark and carried it ahead of the people.

Joshua 4:19

The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.

Joshua 4:5

and said to them, “Go out into the river where the Ark of the Lord your God is. Each of you bring back one rock, one for each tribe of Israel, and carry it on your shoulder.