Joshua 3:10

Translations

Modern

He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

Traditional

And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Literal

And Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, that He will surely dispossess from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

Latin

Et rursum: In hoc, inquit, scietis quod Dominus Deus vivens in medio vestri est, et disperdet in conspectu vestro Chananæum et Hethæum, Hevæum et Pherezæum, Gergesæum quoque et Jebusæum, et Amorrhæum.

Original

Hebrew

English

He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

Notes

Joshua 3:10

This is how you will know: The adults who left Egypt with Moses had died. The people now entering Canaan with Joshua replaced them. The coming events would show God's presence and his promise to them.
In Canaan, the Israelites would live among neighbors who worshiped false gods. So Israel might feel tempted to worship their gods and goddesses. None of these false gods deserved worship. By contrast, the Lord is the living God, and he was present among the Israelites.
The Canaanites and Amorites were distinct peoples, but their names sometimes indicated all the pre-Israelite peoples of Canaan. The Hittites were related to the earlier Hittite Empire of Asia Minor that controlled much of Canaan. The Jebusites were from the city-state of Jerusalem, which Israel did not conquer fully until David’s time. Little is known about the other three groups.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Events

Crossing the Jordan into Canaan

Related verses

Exodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
Psalm 44:2–3
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
1 Samuel 17:26
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
Exodus 23:27–30
I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Joshua 22:31
Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”
2 Kings 19:4
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Deuteronomy 31:17
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
Judges 6:12–13
And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

People

Amorites: Canaanite people group, enemies of Israel Girgashites: A Canaanite people group living in the Promised Land Heth: Son of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites Hivites: A Canaanite people group Jebusites: Canaanite tribe inhabiting Jerusalem before David's conquest Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan LORD: Names or title used to refer to God Perizzites: Canaanite people group living in the land of Canaan

Places

Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Girgashites Jebus, Jebusite Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Perizzite Rahab (Person) Tribe of Dan

Topics

Amorites: Given to Descendants of Abraham Girgashites: Land of, Given to Abraham and his Descendants Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Joshua: Waters of Jordan Divided Miracles: Design of the River Jordan: Passage of Israel Over: A Pledge That God Would Drive the Canaanites out of

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