Deuteronomy 12:30

Key Reflection

When the LORD your God removes the nations from before you as you take possession of their lands, you are to fully dispossess them and not allow any remnants to remain. The original audience would have understood this command in the context of a complete and irreversible displacement, ensuring that the Canaanite peoples were utterly removed so that Israel could establish its sovereignty over the Promised Land without potential future conflicts or alliances with these nations.