Deuteronomy 7
Overview
7:1 All communion with the nations is forbidden;
7:5 for fear of idolatry;
7:6 for the holiness of the people;
7:9 for the nature of God in his mercy and justice;
7:17 for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them. Verse 1the LordDeuteronomy 4:38, 6:1, 6:10, 6:19, 6:23, 9:1, 9:4, 11:29, 31:3, 31:20; Exodus 6:8, 15:7; Numbers 14:31; Psalm 44:2, 44:3, 78:55 the HittitesWith respect to the situation of these nations in the land of Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited Phoenecia; the Hittites, the mountains south of the promised land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards Hermon; the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of Gennesareth, the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites, the mountains west of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of Moab; and that the Perizzites were probably not a distinct nation, but villagers scattered through the country. Genesis 15:18-21; Exodus 23:28, 33:2 greaterDeuteronomy 4:38, 4:1-3, 20:1ReciprocalGenesis 15:21 - Amorites; Exodus 3:8 - Canaanites; 13:5 - shall bring; 34:11 - I drive; 34:24 - I will; Leviticus 27:28 - no devoted; Numbers 15:2 - General; 24:8 - shall eat; 33:51 - General; Deuteronomy 9:3 - he shall; 11:23 - General; 17:14 - When thou; 19:1 - hath cut; 20:16 - General; 20:17 - the Hittites; 26:1 - General; Joshua 3:10 - drive out from; 9:1 - Hittite; 9:24 - the Lord; 12:8 - the Hittites; 16:10 - the Canaanites dwell; Judges 3:5 - Canaanites; 1 Kings 9:20 - Amorites; 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Girgashite; 17:21 - by driving; 2 Chronicles 8:7 - the Hittites; Ezra 9:2 - taken of their; Nehemiah 9:8 - the Canaanites; Psalm 149:9 - to execute; Matthew 8:28 - Gergesenes; Acts 13:19 - when Verse 2deliverDeuteronomy 7:23, 7:24, 3:3, 23:14; Genesis 14:20; Joshua 10:24, 10:25, 10:30, 10:32, 10:42, 21:44; Judges 1:4 utterlyDeuteronomy 20:16, 20:17; Leviticus 27:28, 27:29; Numbers 33:52; Joshua 6:17-25, 8:24, 9:24, 10:28, 10:40; 11:11, 11:12 make noDeuteronomy 20:10, 20:11; Exodus 23:32, 23:33, 34:12-16; Joshua 2:14, 9:18-21; Judges 1:24, 2:2; 2 Samuel 21:2ReciprocalExodus 34:15 - make; Leviticus 14:34 - When; Numbers 15:2 - General; Deuteronomy 2:33 - the Lord; 2:34 - utterly destroyed; 7:16 - consume; 9:3 - he shall; 11:23 - General; 13:15 - destroying it utterly; 19:1 - hath cut; 31:4 - General; 31:5 - And the Lord; Joshua 6:21 - utterly; 8:22 - let none; 9:7 - how shall; 11:15 - so did Moses; 16:10 - the Canaanites dwell; 23:7 - That ye come; Judges 1:27 - the Canaanites; 14:3 - uncircumcised; 21:1 - his daughter; 1 Samuel 7:14 - peace; 17:46 - will the Lord; 1 Chronicles 17:21 - by driving; Ezra 10:3 - at the commandment; Psalm 106:34 - concerning; 149:9 - to execute; Romans 6:12 - Let not; 2 Corinthians 6:14 - unequally Verse 3Genesis 6:2, 6:3; Exodus 34:15, 34:16; Joshua 23:12, 23:13; Judges 3:6, 3:7; 1 Kings 11:2; Ezra 9:1, 9:2; Nehemiah 13:23-27; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17ReciprocalGenesis 24:3 - that; 34:9 - General; Exodus 22:17 - utterly; Joshua 6:21 - utterly; 9:7 - how shall; 23:7 - That ye come; Judges 14:3 - uncircumcised; 21:1 - his daughter; Ruth 1:4 - wives; 1 Kings 16:31 - took to wife; 2 Kings 8:18 - his wife; 2 Chronicles 22:3 - his mother; Ezra 9:12 - give not; 10:3 - at the commandment; 10:11 - and from the; Nehemiah 10:30 - General; 13:25 - Ye shall not; Jeremiah 44:19 - without; Malachi 2:11 - profaned; 1 Corinthians 7:39 - only Verse 4so willDeuteronomy 6:15, 32:16, 32:17; Exodus 20:5; Judges 2:11, 2:20, 3:7, 3:8, 10:6, 10:7ReciprocalGenesis 6:2 - and they; 24:3 - that; Exodus 22:17 - utterly; 34:16 - General; Numbers 33:55 - shall be pricks; Deuteronomy 13:5 - turn you; 20:18 - General; Joshua 22:15 - General; 22:18 - following; Judges 3:6 - General; 1 Kings 11:2 - Ye shall not go in; 11:4 - his wives; 11:9 - his heart; 16:31 - took to wife; 2 Kings 8:18 - his wife; 2 Chronicles 22:3 - his mother; Ezra 10:11 - and from the; Jeremiah 44:19 - without; Ezekiel 11:13 - when; 20:19 - the Lord; Malachi 2:15 - That he; 1 Corinthians 7:39 - only Verse 5destroyDeuteronomy 12:2, 12:3; Exodus 23:24, 34:13; 2 Kings 23:6-14 imagesHeb. statues, or pillars, Deuteronomy 16:22; Leviticus 26:1 and cutJudges 6:25, 6:26 burnDeuteronomy 7:25, 9:21; Exodus 32:20ReciprocalGenesis 35:4 - hid them; Deuteronomy 20:18 - General; 2 Samuel 5:21 - David; 1 Kings 15:13 - destroyed; 2 Kings 10:27 - brake down the image; 13:6 - and there remained; 18:4 - brake; 23:14 - he brake; 1 Chronicles 14:12 - were burned; 2 Chronicles 14:3 - For he took; 15:16 - cut down; 25:14 - his gods; 31:1 - brake; 33:22 - for Amon sacrificed; 34:4 - brake down Verse 6an holyDeuteronomy 14:2, 26:19, 28:9; Exodus 19:5, 19:6; Psalm 50:5; Jeremiah 2:3; Amos 3:2; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 6:20; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:5, 2:9 to be a specialMalachi 3:17; Titus 2:14ReciprocalExodus 6:7 - will take; Leviticus 20:24 - which; 20:26 - severed; Deuteronomy 26:18 - And the; 29:13 - establish; 33:3 - all his saints; 1 Samuel 8:20 - General; 1 Kings 3:8 - thy people; 8:53 - separate; 1 Chronicles 16:13 - his chosen; 17:22 - thy people; Ezra 9:2 - the holy seed; Psalm 33:12 - people; 47:4 - whom; 105:6 - his chosen; 106:5 - may see; 135:4 - the Lord; 149:2 - rejoice; Isaiah 41:8 - thou; 43:4 - precious; 44:1 - O Jacob; 62:12 - The holy; 63:18 - people; Ezekiel 16:8 - thy time; 20:5 - In the; Daniel 12:7 - the holy; Hosea 3:1 - according; Malachi 1:2 - I have; Matthew 20:15 - it; Acts 13:17 - God; Romans 9:4 - are Israelites; Ephesians 1:4 - as; 1 Peter 1:2 - Elect Verse 7The LordPsalm 115:1; Romans 9:11-15, 9:18, 9:21, 11:6; 1 John 3:1, 4:10 ye wereDeuteronomy 10:22; Isaiah 51:2; Matthew 7:14; Luke 12:32; Romans 9:27-29ReciprocalGenesis 34:30 - and I being; Deuteronomy 4:37 - because; 7:13 - he will love; 9:4 - Speak not; 10:15 - General; 23:5 - because the; 26:5 - a few; 33:3 - he loved; 1 Samuel 12:22 - it hath; 2 Chronicles 2:11 - Because; Psalm 44:3 - because; 60:5 - That; 86:2 - holy; 105:12 - a few; 135:4 - the Lord; 149:2 - rejoice; Song of Songs 8:10 - then; Isaiah 41:9 - called; 41:14 - men; 63:9 - in his; Jeremiah 31:3 - I have; Ezekiel 36:22 - General; Hosea 3:1 - according; 11:1 - Israel; 14:4 - I will love; Romans 11:28 - are beloved; Galatians 1:15 - it; Ephesians 1:4 - as; 2:4 - his; 2 Timothy 1:9 - according to his Verse 8becauseDeuteronomy 4:37, 9:4, 9:5, 10:15; 1 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 22:20; Psalm 44:3; Isaiah 43:4; Jeremiah 31:3; Zephaniah 3:17; Matthew 11:26; Ephesians 2:4, 2:5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2:14; Titus 3:3-7; 1 John 4:19 oathGenesis 22:16-18; Exodus 32:13; Psalm 105:8-10, 105:42; Luke 1:55, 1:72, 1:73; Habakkuk 3:1-6:17 Lord broughtDeuteronomy 4:20, 4:34; Exodus 12:41, 12:42, 13:3, 13:14, 20:2Reciprocal6:6 - redeem; Deuteronomy 8:18 - that he may; 9:26 - which thou hast brought forth; 23:5 - because the; 24:22 - General; 28:9 - sworn; 33:3 - he loved; 1 Kings 10:9 - because the; 2 Chronicles 2:11 - Because; 9:8 - because thy God; Nehemiah 9:8 - madest; Psalm 60:5 - That; 78:35 - their redeemer; 86:2 - holy; 107:2 - from; Song of Songs 8:10 - then; Isaiah 63:9 - in his; Jeremiah 34:13 - in the; Ezekiel 36:22 - General; Hosea 14:4 - I will love; Micah 6:4 - and redeemed; Romans 11:28 - are beloved; Galatians 1:15 - it; 2 Timothy 1:9 - according to his; 1 John 4:10 - not; Revelation 1:5 - him Verse 9the faithfulExodus 34:6, 34:7; Psalm 119:75, 146:6; Isaiah 49:7; Lamentations 3:23; 1 Corinthians 1:9, 10:3; 2 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 2:13; Titus 1:2; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; 3:1; 1 John 1:9 which keepethDeuteronomy 5:10; Genesis 17:7; Exodus 20:6; Nehemiah 1:5; Daniel 9:4; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 8:3; James 1:12 a thousand1 Chronicles 16:15ReciprocalGenesis 9:15 - remember; Deuteronomy 4:34 - by a mighty; 7:10 - repayeth; 7:12 - Lord; 1 Kings 8:23 - who keepest; 2 Chronicles 6:14 - keepest covenant; Nehemiah 9:8 - madest; 9:32 - keepest; Psalm 100:3 - Know; 100:5 - and his truth; 103:18 - To such; 105:8 - a thousand; 119:90 - faithfulness; Jeremiah 32:18 - showest; 1 Corinthians 10:13 - but; 1 John 5:3 - this Verse 10repayethDeuteronomy 7:9, 32:35, 32:41; Psalm 21:8, 21:9; Proverbs 11:31; Isaiah 59:18; Nahum 1:2; Romans 12:19 slackDeuteronomy 32:25; 2 Peter 3:9, 3:10 hatethExodus 20:5; John 15:23-24Reciprocal2 Chronicles 19:2 - hate the Lord; Job 21:31 - repay; Psalm 68:1 - that hate; 81:15 - The haters; Jeremiah 32:18 - showest; Romans 1:30 - haters Verse 11Deuteronomy 4:1, 5:32; John 14:15ReciprocalExodus 18:20 - teach Verse 12ifHeb. because, Deuteronomy 28:1; Leviticus 26:3 LordDeuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 105:8-10; Micah 7:20; Luke 1:55, 1:72, 1:73ReciprocalExodus 15:26 - If thou; Deuteronomy 6:11 - when thou; 8:18 - that he may; 2 Samuel 22:23 - judgments; 1 Kings 2:4 - That the Lord; Proverbs 28:10 - but; Jeremiah 11:5 - a land Verse 13he will loveDeuteronomy 7:7, 28:4; Exodus 23:25; Psalm 1:3, 11:7, 144:12-15; John 14:21, 15:10, 16:27 he will alsoDeuteronomy 28:3-5, 28:11, 28:15-18; Job 42:12; Proverbs 10:22; Malachi 3:10, 3:11; Matthew 6:33ReciprocalGenesis 27:28 - plenty; 30:2 - withheld; Exodus 15:26 - If thou; 20:24 - will bless thee; Deuteronomy 16:15 - because; Job 1:10 - thou hast blessed; 21:10 - their cow; Psalm 144:13 - our sheep; Song of Songs 4:2 - and none; Jeremiah 11:5 - a land; 32:22 - which Verse 14blessedDeuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 115:15, 147:19, 147:20 male orDeuteronomy 28:4, 28:11; Exodus 23:26-33; Leviticus 26:9; Psalm 127:3ReciprocalGenesis 30:2 - withheld; Job 21:10 - their cow; Psalm 107:38 - suffereth; 144:13 - our sheep; Song of Songs 4:2 - and none; Habakkuk 1:8 - for Verse 15will put noneThe Israelites, if obedient, would have been subject to no maladies but those common to fallen man, and generally very healthy and long lived; being exempted from pestilential diseases, which have often most tremendously scourged guilty nations; and from such maladies in particular, as they had witnessed in Egypt, by which God afflicted their cruel oppressors - Exodus 15:26. This must be referred to the national covenant; for though godliness often secures the most solid temporal advantages, yet temporal blessings were not, even among them, uniformly dispensed to individuals according to their obedience; but they were to the nation, with an exactness which is not observed towards any other people. Leviticus 26:3, 26:4 will put noneDeuteronomy 28:27, 28:60; Exodus 9:11, 15:26; Psalm 105:36, 105:37ReciprocalExodus 23:25 - I will take; Leviticus 14:34 - I put the plague of leprosy; Psalm 91:10 - neither; Isaiah 33:24 - the inhabitant; Amos 4:10 - pestilence; Revelation 16:2 - a noisome Verse 16consumeDeuteronomy 7:2 thine eye13:8, 19:13, 19:21, 25:12; Jeremiah 21:7 for that willDeuteronomy 12:30, 12:31; Exodus 23:33, 34:12-16; Numbers 33:55; Joshua 23:13-16; Judges 2:3, 2:12; 3:6, 8:27; Psalm 106:36; 1 Corinthians 15:33ReciprocalGenesis 45:20 - regard not; Exodus 23:32 - nor with; Deuteronomy 9:3 - he shall; 13:15 - destroying it utterly; 20:16 - General; 31:4 - General; Joshua 6:21 - utterly; 10:28 - them; 11:6 - horses; Judges 2:2 - And ye shall; 1 Samuel 7:14 - peace; 2 Samuel 21:2 - in his zeal; Psalm 106:34 - concerning Verse 17thou shaltDeuteronomy 8:17, 15:9, 18:21; Isaiah 14:13, 47:8, 49:21; Jeremiah 13:22; Luke 9:47 These nationsNumbers 13:32, 33:53; Joshua 17:16-18

Verse 18shalt notDeuteronomy 1:29, 3:6, 31:6; Psalm 27:1, 27:2, 46:1, 46:2; Isaiah 41:10-14 rememberExodus 7:1-14:31; Judges 6:13; Psalm 77:11, 78:11, 78:42-51, 105:5, 105:26-36; 135:8-10, 136:10-15; Isaiah 51:9, 51:10, 63:11-15ReciprocalGenesis 15:14 - that; Numbers 14:9 - neither; Deuteronomy 8:2 - remember; 29:3 - General; 31:5 - And the Lord; Joshua 8:1 - Fear not; Psalm 78:7 - not forget; 106:21 - which; Isaiah 43:18 - General Verse 19greatDeuteronomy 4:34, 11:2-4, 29:3; Nehemiah 9:10, 9:11; Jeremiah 32:20, 32:21; Ezekiel 20:6-9 so shallJoshua 3:10ReciprocalGenesis 15:14 - that; Exodus 7:3 - multiply; 34:11 - I drive; Deuteronomy 6:22 - before; 11:3 - General; 11:7 - General; 34:11 - In all the signs; Joshua 10:25 - thus shall; Psalm 78:7 - not forget; 105:5 - Remember; 106:21 - which; Acts 13:17 - and with Verse 20the hornetExodus 23:28-30; Joshua 24:12ReciprocalIsaiah 7:18 - fly Verse 21the LordNumbers 9:20, 14:9, 14:14, 14:42, 16:3, 23:21; Joshua 3:10; 2 Chronicles 32:8; Psalm 46:5, 46:7, 46:11; Isaiah 8:9, 8:10; Zechariah 2:10, 2:11; 1 Corinthians 14:25 a mighty GodDeuteronomy 10:17, 25:8; 1 Samuel 4:8; Nehemiah 1:5, 4:14, 9:32; Zechariah 12:2-5ReciprocalGenesis 18:14 - Is; Psalm 47:2 - is terrible; 99:3 - thy great; Jeremiah 32:18 - the Great Verse 22put outHeb. pluck offthou mayestAs the Israelites were not yet sufficiently numerous to fill the whole land occupied by these nations; and as wild and ferocious animals might be expected to multiply where the place was but thinly peopled, therefore God informs them that their extermination from before them should be gradual. Haynes says, "The approaching to Cana, at the close of the day, as we did, is at once terrifying and dangerous. The surrounding country swarms with wild beasts, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc., whose cries and howling, I doubt not, would strike the boldest traveller, who had not been frequently in a like situation, with the deepest sense of horror." Exodus 23:29, 23:30; Joshua 15:63ReciprocalExodus 33:2 - the Canaanite; Deuteronomy 11:23 - General; 28:63 - plucked from; Joshua 21:44 - General; Judges 3:1 - the nations; Psalm 59:13 - Consume; Proverbs 2:22 - rooted Verse 23the LordDeuteronomy 7:2 unto theeHeb. before thy face, 9:3 shall destroy2:15, 8:20; Isaiah 13:6; Jeremiah 17:18; Joel 1:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:9ReciprocalExodus 23:27 - destroy; Deuteronomy 11:23 - General; 31:5 - according; Joshua 9:24 - the Lord; 1 Samuel 17:46 - will the Lord; Psalm 59:13 - Consume; 106:34 - concerning Verse 24he shallJoshua 10:24, 10:25, 10:42, 12:1-6 their nameDeuteronomy 9:14, 25:19, 29:20; Exodus 17:14; Psalm 9:5; Proverbs 10:7; Jeremiah 10:11; Zephaniah 1:4 there shallDeuteronomy 11:25; Joshua 1:5, 10:8, 23:9; Isaiah 54:17; Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57ReciprocalNumbers 21:34 - for I have; Deuteronomy 7:2 - deliver; 9:2 - Who can stand; 9:3 - he shall; Joshua 6:2 - the king; 9:24 - the Lord; 11:17 - all their; Psalm 106:34 - concerning; Lamentations 3:66 - under Verse 25gravenDeuteronomy 7:5, 12:3; Exodus 32:20; 1 Chronicles 14:12; Isaiah 30:22 thou shaltJoshua 7:1, 7:21 snaredJudges 8:24-27; Zephaniah 1:3; 1 Timothy 6:9, 6:10 an abominationDeuteronomy 17:1, 23:18; Revelation 17:5ReciprocalGenesis 35:2 - strange; 35:4 - hid them; Exodus 8:26 - we shall; 23:24 - overthrow; 34:13 - ye shall; Leviticus 13:52 - burn; Numbers 33:52 - General; Deuteronomy 12:2 - utterly; 32:16 - abominations; Judges 2:2 - And ye shall; 2 Samuel 5:21 - David; 2 Kings 10:27 - brake down the image; 23:6 - and burned; 23:14 - he brake; 2 Chronicles 14:3 - brake; 15:16 - cut down; 25:14 - his gods; 34:4 - brake down; Proverbs 20:10 - abomination; Isaiah 31:7 - in that; Ezekiel 5:11 - detestable; Daniel 3:1 - made; Habakkuk 2:9 - that coveteth an evil covetousness; Acts 19:19 - and burned Verse 26shaltDeuteronomy 13:17; Leviticus 27:28, 27:29; Joshua 6:17-24, 7:1-25, 7:11-26; Ezekiel 14:7; Habakkuk 2:9-11; Zechariah 5:4 but thou shaltIsaiah 2:20, 30:22; Ezekiel 11:18; Hosea 14:8; Romans 2:22ReciprocalExodus 8:26 - we shall; 23:24 - overthrow; 34:13 - ye shall; Leviticus 13:52 - burn; 14:35 - a plague; Numbers 33:52 - General; Deuteronomy 2:34 - utterly destroyed; 12:2 - utterly; 21:23 - he that is hanged is accursed of God; Joshua 6:18 - lest ye make; 7:12 - they were; Judges 2:2 - And ye shall; 2 Kings 23:14 - he brake; 1 Chronicles 2:7 - accursed; 2 Chronicles 15:16 - cut down; Proverbs 3:33 - curse; 15:27 - He that is; 20:10 - abomination; Isaiah 41:24 - an abomination; Ezekiel 5:11 - detestable; Acts 8:20 - Thy; 19:19 - and burned