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Deuteronomy 7

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 34

1 When Jehovah your God shall bring you into the land to which you are going, to possess it, and He casts out many nations from before you, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations larger and mightier than you;

2 and when Jehovah your God shall give them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them; you shall not cut a covenant with them, and not show mercy to them;

3 and you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to his son, and not shall you take his daughter to your son.

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Chapter Summary

All communion with the nations is forbidden, 4 for fear of idolatry, 6 for the holiness of the people, 17 the certainty of victory which God will give them.

Key Hebrew Words

חָרַם utterly destroy, devote to destruction H2763 · TWOT 745
בְּרִית covenant H1285 · TWOT 282a
אָהֵב love H157 · TWOT 29
קָדוֹשׁ holy, set apart H6918 · TWOT 1990b
חֶ֫סֶד covenant mercy, lovingkindness H2617 · TWOT 698a
תּוֹעֵבָה abomination, detestable thing H8441 · TWOT 2530a

People & Context

Moses

The speaker commanding Israel to destroy the nations and shun their idols

Israel

The holy people chosen by Jehovah as His special possession, charged to keep the covenant

Pharaoh

King of Egypt whose defeat by Jehovah's mighty hand Israel is told to remember (v8,18-19)

Seven nations

Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites to be dispossessed (v1)

Timeline

Command to Drive Out Seven Nations

God commands Israel to utterly destroy and drive out the seven mightier Canaanite nations.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2
Do Not Intermarry

Israel is commanded not to intermarry with the Canaanites because they would turn their children away to serve other gods.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4
Destroy Altars and Graven Images

The people are told to destroy their altars, shatter their standing pillars, cut down Asherah poles, and burn their carved images.

Deuteronomy 7:5-11

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