Deuteronomy 31:3 BSB

Deuteronomy 31:3

The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

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ASV

Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.

KJV

The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
ה֣וּא׀	hu'	he	H1931 →
עֹבֵ֣ר	'o.Ver	[is] about to pass over	H5674 →
לְפָנֶ֗יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
הֽוּא־	hu'-	he	H1931 →
יַשְׁמִ֞יד	yash.Mid	he will destroy	H8045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
הָאֵ֛לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
מִלְּפָנֶ֖יךָ	mi.le.fa.Nei.kha	from to before you	H6440 →
וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֑ם	vi.rish.Tam	and you will dispossess them	H3423 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
ה֚וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
עֹבֵ֣ר	'o.Ver	[is] about to pass over	H5674 →
לְפָנֶ֔יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he spoke	H1696 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 9:3
But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:24
  For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Hebrews 12:29
  “For our God is a consuming fire.”
- Deuteronomy 20:4
  For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- Deuteronomy 7:23–24
  But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
Through
Joshua 1:2
“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:28
  But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 31:7
  Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Joshua 4:14
On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
leads to
- Joshua 3:7
  Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.