“Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.”
But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire — the LORD himself, not Israel's military prowess, is the primary agent of conquest. The metaphor of devouring fire suggests consuming, irresistible divine power that will utterly dispossess the enemies and clear the land for Israel.
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