Joshua 10
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Now it came to pass when AdoniZe'dek king of Jerusalem a heard how Joshua had taken b Ai and had utterly destroyed it - c as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to d Ai and its king - and e how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,
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that they f feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
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Therefore AdoniZe'dek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
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"Come up to me and help me, that we may attack Gibeon, for g it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel."
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Therefore the five kings of the h Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, i gathered together and went up, they and all their armies, and camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
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And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp j at Gilgal, saying, "Do not forsake your servants; come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us."
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So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he and k all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
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And the LORD said to Joshua, l "Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; m not a man of them shall n stand before you."
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Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal.
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So the LORD o routed them before Israel, killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them along the road that goes p to Beth Horon, and struck them down as far as q Azekah and Makkedah.
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And it happened, as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, r that the LORD cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword.
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Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel:
s "Sun, stand still over Gibeon;
And Moon, in the Valley of t Aijalon."
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So the sun stood still,
And the moon stopped,
Till the people had revenge
Upon their enemies.
u Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
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And there has been v no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD heeded the voice of a man; for w the LORD fought for Israel.
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x Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
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But these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
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And it was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah."
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So Joshua said, "Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.
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"And do not stay there yourselves, but pursue your enemies, and attack their rear guard. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand."
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Then it happened, while Joshua and the children of Israel made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they had finished, that those who escaped entered fortified cities.
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And all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah, in peace. y No one moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me from the cave."
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And they did so, and brought out those five kings to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
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So it was, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." And they drew near and z put their feet on their necks.
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Then Joshua said to them, a "Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for b thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight."
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And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they c were hanging on the trees until evening.
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So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they d took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
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On that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly e destroyed them - all the people who were in it. He let none remain. He also did to the king of Makkedah f as he had done to the king of Jericho.
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Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to g Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.
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And the LORD also delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword. He let none remain in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
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Then Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish; and they encamped against it and fought against it.
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And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day, and struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
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Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he left him none remaining.
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From Lachish Joshua passed to Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it and fought against it.
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They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; all the people who were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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So Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to h Hebron; and they fought against it.
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And they took it and struck it with the edge of the sword - its king, all its cities, and all the people who were in it; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon, but utterly destroyed it and all the people who were in it.
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Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to i Debir; and they fought against it.
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And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were in it. He left none remaining; as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done also to Libnah and its king.
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So Joshua conquered all the land: the j mountain country and the South and the lowland and the wilderness slopes, and k all their kings; he left none remaining, but l utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.
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And Joshua conquered them from m Kadesh Barnea as far as n Gaza, o and all the country of Goshen, even as far as Gibeon.
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All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, p because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
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Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
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Joshua 9:1
And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon - the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite - heard about it.
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Joshua 8:1
Now the LORD said to Joshua: "Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
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Joshua 6:21
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
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Joshua 8:22
Then the others came out of the city against them; so they were caught in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side. And they struck them down, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
Joshua 8:26
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Joshua 8:28
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.
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Joshua 9:15
So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.
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Exodus 15:14 - 16
The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.
1 Chronicles 14:17
Then the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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Joshua 9:15
So Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live; and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.
Joshua 10:1
Now it came to pass when AdoniZe'dek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it - as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king - and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them.
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Numbers 13:29
"The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan."
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Joshua 9:2
That they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord.
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Joshua 5:10
Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.
Joshua 9:6
And they went to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a covenant with us.
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Joshua 8:1
Now the LORD said to Joshua: "Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
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Joshua 11:6
But the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.
Judges 4:14
Then Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
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Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.
Joshua 1:9
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
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Joshua 21:44
The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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Judges 4:15
And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.
1 Samuel 7:10
Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel.
1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us.
Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon - That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
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Joshua 16:3
And went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.
Joshua 16:5
The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon.
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Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah.
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Isaiah 30:30
The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, And show the descent of His arm, With the indignation of His anger And the flame of a devouring fire, With scattering, tempest, and hailstones.
Revelation 16:21
And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
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Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon - That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.
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Judges 12:12
And Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
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2 Samuel 1:18
And he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written in the Book of Jasher:
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Isaiah 38:7
And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which He has spoken:
Isaiah 38:8
Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.
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Exodus 14:14
"The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."
Deuteronomy 1:30
The LORD your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes.
Deuteronomy 20:4
'for the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'
Joshua 10:42
All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Joshua 23:3
You have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the LORD your God is He who has fought for you.
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Joshua 10:43
Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
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Exodus 11:7
'But against none of the children of Israel shall a dog move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the LORD does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.'
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Psalms 107:40
He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.
Isaiah 26:5
For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust.
Isaiah 26:6
The foot shall tread it down - The feet of the poor And the steps of the needy.
Malachi 4:3
You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this, " Says the LORD of hosts.
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Deuteronomy 31:6 - 8
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
Joshua 1:9
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
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Deuteronomy 3:21
And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, 'Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings; so will the LORD do to all the kingdoms through which you pass.
Deuteronomy 7:19
The great trials which your eyes saw, the signs and the wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
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Joshua 8:29
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.
2 Samuel 21:9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So they fell, all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Deuteronomy 21:22
If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree.
Deuteronomy 21:23
His body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God.
Joshua 8:29
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.
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Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the LORD your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.
Deuteronomy 7:16
Also you shall destroy all the peoples whom the LORD your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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Joshua 6:21
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
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Joshua 15:42
Libnah, Ether, Ashan.
Joshua 21:13
Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land.
2 Kings 8:22
Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.
2 Kings 19:8
Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
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Numbers 13:22
And they went up through the South and came to ...
Joshua 14:13 - 15
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Cale...
Joshua 15:13
Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a sha...
Judges 1:10
Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwel...
Judges 1:20
And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had sai...
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at ...
2 Samuel 5:3
Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the ...
2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and...
2 Samuel 5:13
And David took more concubines and wives from J...
2 Chronicles 11:10
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah ...
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Joshua 15:15
Then he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).
Judges 1:11
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)
1 Chronicles 6:58
Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands.
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Deuteronomy 1:7
Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.
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Deuteronomy 7:24
And He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name from under heaven; no one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
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Deuteronomy 20:16
But of the cities of these peoples which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive.
Deuteronomy 20:17
But you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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Numbers 13:26
Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Deuteronomy 9:23
Likewise, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe Him nor obey His voice.
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Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Joshua 11:22
None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.
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Joshua 11:16
Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountain country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan plain - the mountains of Israel and its lowlands.
Joshua 15:51
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.
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Joshua 10:14
And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD heeded the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.
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