Deuteronomy 9:4-5
9:4 Do not think to yourself after the
Lord your God has driven them out before you, “Because of my own righteousness the
Lord has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.
9:5 It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness,
that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the
Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he
made on oath to your ancestors,
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 12:2
12:2 You must by all means destroy
all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.
Deuteronomy 12:30
12:30 After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”
Deuteronomy 17:14
Provision for Kingship
17:14 When you come to the land the Lord your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say, “I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”
Deuteronomy 18:14
18:14 Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the
Lord your God has not given you permission to do such things.
Deuteronomy 30:1
The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation
30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
Deuteronomy 31:3
31:3 As for the
Lord your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the
Lord has said.