Joshua 9:24

The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the Lord your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you—

Exodus 15:14-16

When the peoples hear, they will shudder;
anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 23:31-33

I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

Numbers 33:51-52

“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:55-56

But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become thorns in your eyes and in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live.

Deuteronomy 7:23-24

The Lord your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 20:15-17

This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and are not among the cities of these nations.

Joshua 9:9

They replied to him, “Your servants have come from a far away land because of the reputation of the Lord your God. For we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,

Job 2:4

“Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Summary

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Bible References

The lord

Exodus 23:31
I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.
Numbers 33:51
“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 7:1
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you—
Deuteronomy 20:15
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and are not among the cities of these nations.

We were sore

Exodus 15:14
When the peoples hear, they will shudder;
anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.
Job 2:4
“Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.
Matthew 10:28
Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

General references

Numbers 22:3
Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous, and Moab dreaded the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 2:25
Today I will begin to put the fear and dread of you on the peoples everywhere under heaven. They will hear the report about you, tremble, and be in anguish because of you.’
Deuteronomy 20:16
However, you must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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