Deuteronomy 7:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: ”

• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See Deuteronomy 6:10 note. Deuteronomy 7:5 Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 a...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them (a) before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: (a) Into thy power.

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 7. The native races of Canaan are to be exterminated and everything connected with their religion destroyed, lest Israel be seduced by them to idolatry. For the list of nations, see Ge...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  destroy them . devote them to destruction. Hebrew. haram. Compare Exodus 23:24 ; Exodus 34:12-17 , and see note on Deuteronomy 7:16 .

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  2. Thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them. Those who think that there was cruelty in this command, usurp too great authority in respect to Him who is the judge of all. The objection...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Thou shalt smite them, et...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 2. Thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them — i.e. In case they continue obstinate in their idolatry, they are to be destroyed as a nation or body politic: but if they forsook their...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Thou shalt ... utte...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Practical Exhortations (continued) In this chapter the people are warned against temptations to idolatry and enjoined to avoid contact with their idolatrous neighbours: see on Exodus 23:32-33 ;...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee.... — It would be possible to read, “ Then the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, and thou shalt smite.” Or the sentence might al...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE BAN Deuteronomy 7:1-26 As in the previous chapter we have had the Mosaic and Deuteronomic statement of the internal and spiritual means of defending the Israelite character and faith from t...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  No Compromise with Idolatry Deuteronomy 6:20-25 ; Deuteronomy 7:1-11 The great Lawgiver had His eye constantly on the coming generation. It is good when the children are so arrested by our rel...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Continuing to deal with the responsibilities of the people as they entered the land, Moses insisted upon the absolute necessity for the maintenance of the attitude of separation to God. Stringent ins...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  If we consider this sweet chapter as it ought to be considered, spiritually then will it follow, that as the enemies which opposed our fathers, in their possession of Canaan, were all typical of the...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  NO QUARTER! ‘Utterly destroy them.’ Deuteronomy 7:2 Like the rolling of a stone down a hillside, a nation’s downward progress may become uncontrollable, and then sudden extinction will be be...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee ,.... Into their hands: thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them ; men, women, and children; which was ordered not merely to make wa...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Ver. 2. Nor show mercy...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thou shalt smite and utterly destroy them That is, in case they continued obstinate in their idolatry, they were to be destroyed, as nations, or bodies politic. But if they forsook their idolatry,...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ISRAEL SEPARATED TO GOD (vs.1-11) Again the Lord emphasizes the importance of Israel's sanctification from the nations. When they entered the land, God would give them victory over the inhabitant...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  A Caution Against Idolatry. B. C. 1451.       1 When the L ORD thy God shall bring thee into...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No covenant with them, to spare them, or permit them to dwell with thee in the land. Other nations had more favour, but these were for their great wickedness, and for the good of Israel, devoted to...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 7 They Must Remove The Canaanites From The Land, Having No Truck With Them And Must Go Forward With Confidence In The Deliverer From Egypt, For He Has Set His Love On Them And Will Do Them G...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—Israel is forwarded against the idolatry of the people whose country they were about to enter ( cf . Deuteronomy 6:14 ). The nations were more powerful than Israel, but God would d...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 7:3 . Neither make marriages with them. See note on Ezra 10:2 . Deuteronomy 7:5 . And cut down their groves. The patriarchal devotion being performed at first on hills, and in pla...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ENTIRE SEPARATION FROM IDOLATROUS NATIONS ENJOINED . Deuteronomy 7:1-5 The Israelites were about to enter on a country occupied by idolaters, and they are commanded n...

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Eradication of Idolatry Commanded

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• Deuteronomy 7:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Samuel 21:2 ; Deuteronomy 20:10 ; Deuteronomy 20:11 ; Deuteronomy 20:16 ; Deuteronomy 20:17 ; Deuteronomy 23:14 ; Deuteronomy 3:3 ; Deuteronomy 7:23 ; Deuteronomy 7:24 ; Exodus 23:32 ; E...

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