Numbers 33:55

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Numbers 33:53–56 · Berean Standard Bible

53 You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

54 And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.

56 And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 23:33

They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Deuteronomy 7:4

because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Joshua 23:12

For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

Joshua 23:13

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

Judges 1:21

The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

Judges 1:22

The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

Judges 1:23

They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

Judges 1:24

and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

Judges 1:25

So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

Judges 1:26

And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

Judges 1:27

At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

Judges 1:28

When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.

Judges 1:29

Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.

Judges 1:30

Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.

Judges 1:31

Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.

Judges 1:32

So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

Judges 1:33

Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.

Judges 1:34

The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.

Judges 1:35

And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.

Judges 1:36

And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.

Judges 2:3

So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

Psalms 106:34

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

Psalms 106:35

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Psalms 106:36

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

Ezekiel 28:24

For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’