Joshua 23:5

5 The LORD your God will expel them right in front of your eyes and force them out of your way. You will take their land as the LORD your God told you.

Joshua 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 23:5

And the Lord your God he shall expel them from before you
That is, such of them as yet remained among them:

and drive them from out of your sight;
the same thing expressed by different words, for the confirmation of it:

and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised
unto you;
all which is to be understood on condition of their good behaviour towards the Lord, and obedience to his commands; by which tenure they held the possession of the land when put into it, and for their disobedience did not possess the whole.

Joshua 23:5 In-Context

3 You have seen for yourselves everything the LORD your God did to all those nations. The LORD your God fought for you!

4 I have given you the territory of the nations that still remain as an inheritance for your tribes. This includes the territory of all the nations I have already destroyed from the Jordan River westward to the Mediterranean Sea.

5 The LORD your God will expel them right in front of your eyes and force them out of your way. You will take their land as the LORD your God told you.

6 Now you must be very strong to keep and to do everything written in the Book of Moses' Teachings. Don't turn away from them.

7 Don't get mixed up with the nations left in your territory. Don't ever mention the names of their gods or swear an oath to them. Don't ever serve their gods or bow down to them.