Numbers 33:54-56

Good News Translation

^54 (A)Divide the land among the various tribes and clans by drawing lots, giving a large piece of property to a large clan and a small one to a small clan. ⁵⁵ But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those that are left will be as troublesome as splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will fight against you. ⁵⁶ If you do not drive them out, I will destroy you, as I planned to destroy them.”