²⁷ “I will send my terror^(A) ahead of you and throw into confusion^(B) every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.^{(C) 28} I will send the hornet^(D) ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites^(E) out of your way. ²⁹ But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals^(F) too numerous for you. ³⁰ Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession^(G) of the land.

³¹ “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea^[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,^[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.^(H) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out^(I) before you.

¹¹ “‘Then you crossed the Jordan^(A) and came to Jericho.^(B) The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites,^(C) Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites,^(D) but I gave them into your hands.^(E)