“And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.”
Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. And they fought with you, but I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you — The conquest narrative is summarized as divine action: 'I brought you...they fought...I gave them...you took possession...I destroyed them'. The oscillation between divine and human agency reflects the theological principle that conquest involves both divine empowerment and human action.
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