The expulsion of the Canaanites and the destruction of their monuments of idolatry had already been commanded (see the marginal references); and Nu…

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them
What was to be said, being what concerned the whole body of the peo…

Now that they were to pass over Jordan, they were entering again into temptation to follow idols; and they are threatened that, if they spared eith…