When they were at the first preparing to enter Canaan, the undertaking was attended with far less difficulty than now. God had promised His people that if they would obey His voice He would go before them and fight for them; and He would also send 437 hornets to drive out the inhabitants of the land. The fears of the nations had not been generally aroused, and little preparation had been made to oppose their progress. But when the Lord now bade Israel go forward, they must advance against alert and powerful foes, and must contend with large and well-trained armies that had been preparing to resist their approach.


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Basans erobring

Da de traf forberedelse til at drage ind i Kanaan første gang, var landets erobring ikke forbundet med nær så store vanskeligheder som nu. Gud havde lovet sit folk at drage foran dem og kæmpe for dem, hvis de ville adlyde ham. Desuden ville han sende gedehamse efter landets indbyggere for at drive dem bort. På det tidspunkt var de forskellige folkeslag endnu ikke grebet af frygt, og der var ikke truffet nævneværdige forberedelser for at hindre israelitterne i at drage fremad. Men da Herren på det nuværende tidspunkt bød Israel marchere fremad, blev de mødt af årvågne og stærke fjender og stod over for at skulle kæmpe imod store og veludrustede hære, som var parate til at standse dem.

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