Deuteronomy 31:3

3 The Lord your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the Lord has said.

Deuteronomy 31:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 31:3

The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee
This he said to encourage the people of Israel; that though he should die, and not go over with them, their ever living and true God, the great Jehovah, the Lord of hosts, he would go before them, and fight their battles for them; so that they had nothing to fear from their enemies:

[and] he will destroy those nations from before thee;
the seven nations which then inhabited the land:

and thou shalt possess them;
their countries, cities, and houses, fields, and vineyards:

[and] Joshua, he shall go over before thee;
as their general to fight for them, subdue their enemies, and put them into the possession of the land, and divide it to them:

as the Lord hath said;
( Deuteronomy 3:28 ) .

Deuteronomy 31:3 In-Context

1 Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

2 And he said to them: "I am one hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also the Lord has said to me, 'You shall not cross over this Jordan.'

3 The Lord your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the Lord has said.

4 And the Lord will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites and their land, when He destroyed them.

5 The Lord will give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded you.