Leviticus 18:24
Warning against the Abominations of the Nations
18:24 “‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
Deuteronomy 2:21
2:21 They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the
Lord destroyed the Rephaites
in advance of the Ammonites,
so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.
Joshua 24:8
24:8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered
their land and I destroyed them from before you.
Joshua 24:2
24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the
Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors
lived beyond the Euphrates River,
including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped
other gods,
Joshua 17:8-11
17:8 (The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)
17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh,
but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.
17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s
western border and their territory
touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
17:11 Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo,
the three of Napheth,
and the towns surrounding all these cities.