then he<n id="1" /> will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

<p class="poetry">When the Most High<n id="1" /> gave the nations their inheritance,p> <p class="poetry">when he divided up humankind,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he set the boundaries of the peoples,p> <p class="poetry">according to the number of the heavenly assembly.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the <sc>Lordsc> your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you &#8211; Hittites,<n id="1" /> Girgashites,<n id="2" /> Amorites,<n id="3" /> Canaanites,<n id="4" /> Perizzites,<n id="5" /> Hivites,<n id="6" /> and Jebusites,<n id="7" /> seven<n id="8" /> nations more numerous and powerful than you &#8211;

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Cry out, O nations, with his people,p> <p class="poetry">for he will avenge his servants&#8217; blood;p> <p class="poetry">he will take vengeance against his enemies,p> <p class="poetry">and make atonement for his land and people.p>

For the <sc>Lordsc> your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do;<n id="1" /> you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.