Numbers 14:9

9Only ado not rebel against the Lord. And bdo not fear the people of the land, for cthey are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

Numbers 23:24

24Behold, a people! dAs a lioness it rises up
and as a lion it lifts itself;
eit does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”

Deuteronomy 7:1

A Chosen People

1“When the fLord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, gthe Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations hmore numerous and mightier than you,
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