KJV ORIGINAL
When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When the LORD your God destroys the nations ahead of you, where you are going to take over their land, and you defeat them and live in their territory,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is promising that He will remove the nations currently living in the Promised Land so His people can settle there.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Moses' final speeches to the Israelites before they entered the Promised Land of Canaan. The land was occupied by various Canaanite nations who practiced idolatry and other practices that God wanted His people to avoid. God had promised this land to Abraham's descendants centuries earlier, and now the time had come to fulfill that promise.
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