“As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.”
Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed if you do not obey the LORD your God — the fate of the Canaanite nations (the dispossessed inhabitants of the land) stands as Israel's cautionary mirror: breach of covenant brings displacement from the land, reversing the promised inheritance. Israel enjoys conditional blessing; forgetfulness forfeits the entire covenant relationship.
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