Numbers 14:9
14:9 Only do not rebel against the
Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us.
Their protection
has turned aside from them, but the
Lord is with us. Do not fear them!”
Numbers 23:24
23:24 Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness,
and like a lion raises himself up;
they will not lie down until they eat their prey,
and drink the blood of the slain.”
Deuteronomy 7:1
The Dispossession of Nonvassals
7:1 When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you – Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you –