Deuteronomy 11:23

23 Then he will drive out all those nations as you advance, and you will occupy the land belonging to nations greater and more powerful than you.

Deuteronomy 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:23

Then will the Lord drive out all those nations from before
you
By little and little, even all the seven nations which then inhabited the land of Canaan; and this he would do to make room for them, that they might inherit the land; see ( Deuteronomy 7:1 )

and ye shall possess greater nations, and mightier than yourselves;
countries whose inhabitants were more in number, and greater in strength, than they; and therefore the conquest of them was not to be ascribed to themselves, but to the Lord; this is often observed; see ( Deuteronomy 7:1 ) ( 9:1 ) .

Deuteronomy 11:23 In-Context

21 Then you and your children will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God promised to give to your ancestors. You will live there as long as there is a sky above the earth.

22 "Obey faithfully everything that I have commanded you: Love the Lord your God, do everything he commands, and be faithful to him.

23 Then he will drive out all those nations as you advance, and you will occupy the land belonging to nations greater and more powerful than you.

24 All the ground that you march over will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

25 Wherever you go in that land, the Lord your God will make the people fear you, as he has promised, and no one will be able to stop you.