Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those that are left will be as troublesome as splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will fight against you. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But if you will not kill the inhabitants of the land: they that remain, shall be unto you as nails in your eyes, and spears in your sides, and they shall be your adversaries in the land of your habitation. shall be pricks Exodus 23:33 Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps they make thee sin against me, if thou serve their gods; which, undoubtedly, will be a scandal to thee. Deuteronomy 7:4,16 For she will turn away thy son from following me, that he may rather serve strange gods, and the wrath of the Lord will be kindled, and will quickly destroy thee. . . . Joshua 23:12,13 But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships: . . . Judges 1:21-36 But the sons of Benjamin did not destroy the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem: and the Jebusite hath dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this present day. . . . Judges 2:3 Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face; that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin. Psalm 106:34-36 They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them. . . . Ezekiel 28:24 And the house of Israel shall have no more a stumblingblock of bitterness, nor a thorn causing pain on every side round about them, of them that are against them: and they shall know that I am the Lord God. Context Instructions for Occupying Canaan…54And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families. 55But if you will not kill the inhabitants of the land: they that remain, shall be unto you as nails in your eyes, and spears in your sides, and they shall be your adversaries in the land of your habitation.56And whatsoever I had thought to do to them, I will do to you.… Cross References 2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. Numbers 33:56 And whatsoever I had thought to do to them, I will do to you. Joshua 23:13 Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you. Judges 2:3 Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face; that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin. Ezekiel 28:24 And the house of Israel shall have no more a stumblingblock of bitterness, nor a thorn causing pain on every side round about them, of them that are against them: and they shall know that I am the Lord God. Jump to Previous Allow Barbs Distressed Drive Driving Dwell Dwelling Eyes Harass Inhabitants Land Pricks Sides Slow Thorns Trouble Vex WhereinJump to Next Allow Barbs Distressed Drive Driving Dwell Dwelling Eyes Harass Inhabitants Land Pricks Sides Slow Thorns Trouble Vex WhereinLinks Numbers 33:55 NIVNumbers 33:55 NLT Numbers 33:55 ESV Numbers 33:55 NASB Numbers 33:55 Bible Apps Numbers 33:55 Biblia Paralela Numbers 33:55 Chinese Bible Numbers 33:55 French Bible Numbers 33:55 German Bible Alphabetical: about allow and as barbs become before But come do drive eyes from give if in inhabitants it land let live not of out pricks remain shall sides that the them then They thorns those to trouble where which whom will you your OT Law: Numbers 33:55 But if you do not drive out (Nu Num.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |