Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Cities
General references
Bible References
To pass
Deuteronomy 3:18
Then I gave them the following instructions: 'Jehovah our God gave you the land east of the Jordan to occupy. Now arm your fighting men and send them across the Jordan ahead of the other tribes of Israel, to help them occupy their land.
Deuteronomy 11:31
You are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land Jehovah your God is giving you. You must possess it and live in it,
Deuteronomy 27:2
This is the way it will be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land that Jehovah your God gives you. You will set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime
Joshua 1:11
Pass through the middle of the camp and command the people, say: Prepare your provisions. In three days you will pass over this Jordan. You will go in to possess the land that Jehovah your God gave you to possess.
Joshua 3:6
Joshua spoke to the priests: Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and pass over before the people. So they took the Ark of the Covenant and went before the people.
Joshua 4:5
Joshua said to them: Pass over before the Ark of Jehovah your God to the middle of the Jordan River. Let every man take a stone on his shoulder according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Nations
Deuteronomy 4:38
He drove out nations far greater than you so that he could bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance as it is today.
Deuteronomy 7:1
Jehovah your God will bring you into the land you are to possess. He will clear away many nations ahead of you. The nations he will clear: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. These seven nations are larger and mightier than you.
Deuteronomy 11:23
Then Jehovah will drive out all these nations from before you. You will drive out nations greater and mightier than you.
Cities
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go up? Our brothers caused us to lose heart. They said: The people are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are large and the walls go up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.'
Numbers 13:22
When they went to the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
General references
Numbers 33:51
Tell the Israelites: You will cross the Jordan River and enter Canaan.
Deuteronomy 11:23
Then Jehovah will drive out all these nations from before you. You will drive out nations greater and mightier than you.