Joshua 9:24

They replied to Joshua and said, “Because your servants were told in no uncertain terms that the Lord your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the land’s inhabitants before you, we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and so we did this [deceptive] thing.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, and has cleared away many nations before you, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

Exodus 15:14-16


“The peoples have heard [about You], they tremble;
Anguish and fear has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 23:31-33

I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines (the Mediterranean), and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will hand over the residents of the land to you, and you shall drive them out before you.

Numbers 33:51-52

“Say to the children of Israel, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:55-56

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, and they will attack you in the land in which you live.

Deuteronomy 7:23-24

But the Lord your God will hand them over to you, and will confuse them with a great panic until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 20:15-17

That is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far away from you, which are not among the cities of these nations nearby [which you are to dispossess].

Joshua 9:9

They said to him, “Your servants have come from a country that is very far away because of the fame of the Lord your God; for we have heard the news about Him and all [the remarkable things] that He did in Egypt,

Job 2:4

Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Yes, a man will give all he has for his life.

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can 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 establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines (the Mediterranean), and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will hand over the residents of the land to you, and you shall drive them out before you.
Numbers 33:51
“Say to the children of Israel, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 7:1
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, and has cleared away many nations before you, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you,
Deuteronomy 20:15
That is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far away from you, which are not among the cities of these nations nearby [which you are to dispossess].

We were sore

Exodus 15:14

“The peoples have heard [about You], they tremble;
Anguish and fear has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
Job 2:4
Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Yes, a man will give all he has for his life.
Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

General references

Numbers 22:3
So Moab was terrified because of the people, for they were numerous. Moab was overcome with fear because of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:25
This day I will begin to put the dread and the fear of you on the peoples (pagans) under the whole heaven, who, when they hear the reports about you, will tremble and be in anguish because of you.’
Deuteronomy 20:16
Only in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave alive anything that breathes.