Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Deuteronomy 7:13
Flocks of thy sheep - Render it instead: "the ewes of thy sheep." The phrase is unique to Deuteronomy. The Hebrew word for "ewes" is the plural form of Ashtoreth, the well-known name of the "goddess of the Zidonians" I Kings 11:5. This goddess, called by the Classical writers "Astarte," and identified with "Venus," represented the fruitfulness of nature.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Deuteronomy 7:13:
Deuteronomy 7:1-11
Deuteronomy 16:18-22
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