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Deuteronomy 9:1

Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

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ASV

Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

KJV

Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'hearH8085 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElO IsraelH3478 →
אַתָּ֨ה'a.TahyouH859 →
עֹבֵ֤ר'o.Ver[are] about to pass overH5674 →
הַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmthis dayH3117 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383 →
לָבֹא֙la.Vo'to goH935 →
לָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetto dispossessH3423 →
גּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
גְּדֹלִ֥יםge.do.LimgreatH1419 →
וַעֲצֻמִ֖יםva.'a.tzu.Mimand mightyH6099 →
מִמֶּ֑ךָּmi.Me.kamore than youH4480 →
עָרִ֛ים'a.RimcitiesH5892 →
גְּדֹלֹ֥תge.do.LotlargeH1419 →
וּבְצֻרֹ֖תu.ve.tzu.Rotand fortifiedH1219 →
בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ba.sha.Ma.yimin the heavensH8064 →

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Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”Deuteronomy 11:31For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,Deuteronomy 4:38to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”Daniel 4:11The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.Numbers 33:51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”Deuteronomy 11:23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.Deuteronomy 7:1When 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—Joshua 1:11“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”Deuteronomy 3:18At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.Joshua 12:8the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.Joshua 3:16the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.Joshua 4:19On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.Deuteronomy 27:2And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.Numbers 13:28–33Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.Joshua 3:14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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