shalt consume. This command never fully obeyed. Compare Ezra 9:1, and see Exodus 23:24; Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12-17.
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Deuteronomy 7:16
16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.