And the Lord shall give them up before your face To ruin and destruction; the Targum of Jonathan is,
``the Word of the Lord shall deliver them up:''
that ye may do unto them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you; that is, utterly destroy them, make no covenant with them, enter into no alliances nor contract any marriages with them; but demolish their altars, cut down their groves, and break their images in pieces; of which last Aben Ezra interprets the words; but they are not to be restrained to that single instance; see ( Deuteronomy 7:1-5 ) .
3
The Lord your God himself will cross over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua also will cross over before you, as the Lord promised.
4
The Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.
5
The Lord will give them over to you and you shall deal with them in full accord with the command that I have given to you.
6
Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you."
7
Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: "Be strong and bold, for you are the one who will go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their ancestors to give them; and you will put them in possession of it.
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