Deuteronomy 4:38

To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 2:31–37 Historical context

Deuteronomy 2:31-37 narrates the actual conquest of Sihon — a specific instance of God driving out nations as promised here.

Deuteronomy 3:1–16 Historical context

Deuteronomy 3:1-16 recounts the conquest of Og, another example of God driving out a greater nation as promised here.

In Deuteronomy 7:1, the promise of driving out greater nations to give the land is reiterated, directly paralleling the conquest statement.

Deuteronomy 9:1-5 reveals that God drives out these nations because of their wickedness, not Israel's righteousness — adding moral context to the promise.

Deuteronomy 11:23 restates the promise: God will drive out all nations before Israel, reinforcing the certainty of the inheritance.

Joshua 3:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Joshua 3:10 declares God will drive out nations as Israel crosses the Jordan — this is the fulfillment in action of the promise.

Psalm 44:2 Allusion

Psalm 44:2 reflects back on God driving out nations to plant Israel — a poetic recollection of this very promise fulfilled.

Psalm 44:3 Parallel

Psalm 44:3 emphasizes that Israel did not win the land by their own strength but by God's power — echoing the divine agency here.

Exodus 23:27 specifies God sends terror ahead to throw enemies into confusion — a method behind the driving out promised here.

Exodus 23:28 adds the detail of sending hornets to drive out enemies, illustrating God's means for fulfilling the promise here.