Deuteronomy 9:5 meaning and explanation
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 9:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, just before they cross the Jordan. The people might easily conclude that their success proves their goodness.
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