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TDNT Reference: 4:529,573
Strong's Number G3173 matches the Greek μέγας (megas),
which occurs 56 times in 49 verses in 'Deu'
in the LXX Greek.
“Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites and their neighbors in the Arabah, the hill country, the Judean foothills,[fn] the Negev and the sea coast — to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates River.
“Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.
“We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the LORD our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
“Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart,[fn] saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’
“For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these past forty years, and you have lacked nothing.’
The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there.
a great and numerous people, tall as the Anakim. The LORD destroyed the Rephaim at the advance of the Ammonites, so that they drove them out and settled in their place.
“Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’
“For what great nation is there that has a god near to it as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call to him?
“And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
“You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a totally black cloud.
“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind[fn] on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?
“Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
“He let you hear his voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the fire.
“Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,
“to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as is now taking place.
“The LORD spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and total darkness on the mountain; he added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
“But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
“When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you — a land with large and beautiful cities that you did not build,
“Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household,
“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and he drives out many nations before you — the Hethites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you —
“the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, the strong hand and outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.
“Don’t be terrified of them, for the LORD your God, a great and awesome God, is among you.
“The LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.
“He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous[fn] snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you.
“You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’
“Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
“The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them and you have heard it said about them, ‘Who can stand up to the sons of Anak? ’
“Leave me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’
“I prayed to the LORD:
Lord GOD, do not annihilate your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.
“But they are your people, your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and outstretched arm.
“For the LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe.
“He is your praise and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awe-inspiring works your eyes have seen.
“the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will drive out nations greater and stronger than you are.
“Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River[fn] to the Mediterranean Sea.
“Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty.
“This is what you requested from the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die! ’
“You are to respond by saying in the presence of the LORD your God:
My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.
“Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.
“When you cross the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and cover them with plaster.
“he will bring wondrous plagues on you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
“All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger? ’
“The LORD uprooted them from their land in his anger, rage, and intense wrath, and threw them into another land where they are today.’
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