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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

מִזְבְּחֹתֵי altar H4196 · TWOT 525b
עֵ֣קֶב consequence H6118 · TWOT 1676e
תַעֲרֹ֖ץ cause to tremble H6206 · TWOT 1702
אֲחֵרִ֑ים another H312 · TWOT 68a
מִצְרָֽיִם Egypt H4714 · TWOT 1235

People & Context

Command to Drive Out Seven Nations

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

Do Not Intermarry

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

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.

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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