Deuteronomy 7:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:1

A Chosen People

1 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to ^apossess, and has cast out many ^bnations before you, ^cthe Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

2 and when the Lord your God delivers ^athem over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. ^bYou shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.

3 ^aNor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

4 For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; ^aso the anger of the Lord will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly.

5 But thus you shall deal with them: you shall ^adestroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their¹ wooden images, and burn their carved images with fire.

6 “For you are a¹ holy people to the Lord your God; ^athe Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.

7 The Lord did not set His ^alove on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were ^bthe least of all peoples;

8 but ^abecause the Lord loves you, and because He would keep ^bthe oath which He swore to your fathers, ^cthe Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of¹ bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, ^athe faithful God ^bwho keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

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Definitions of words in Deuteronomy 7:1:

Amorites {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Amorites {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Before {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Cast {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hittites {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hittites {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Land {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Nations {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Seven {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Seven {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Canaanites {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Hivites {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hivites {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Jebusites {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Perizzites {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Perizzites {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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