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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:3

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them. Brought into intimate relations with idolaters, they might be seduced into idolatry; and where marriage was contracted with an idolater, the children might be brought up in idolatry. Such unions were forbidden. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:3-4

Marriage in the Lord. This law, forbidding marriages with the ungodly, is one for all time. The apostle revives it in 1 Corinthians 7:39 . That marriage should be only in the Lord is evident— I. FROM THE TRUE IDEA OF MARRIAGE . Two individuals unite their lives, and enter into a fellowship the most intimate possible—to what end? Surely that their natures may be raised to greater perfection, and that they may be better enabled to attain the ends of their existence. This... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:4

From following me ; literally , from after me , i . e . from being my servant and worshipper. Suddenly; rather, speedily ( מהֵר , infin; of מָהַר , to be quick, to hasten, used as an adverb). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:5

Cut down their groves ; rather, cut or hew in pieces their asherahs . These were, apparently, wooden pillars of considerable height, which were firmly planted in the ground (comp. 6:25-27 ; Deuteronomy 16:21 )? and were consecrated to the worship of a female deity, the companion of Baal; probably the same as that after-war, is known as Astarte, the Venus of the Syrians (see note on Deuteronomy 16:21 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:5-8

They were not only to have no fellowship with the idolaters, but they were to root out their idolatry, everting their altars and destroying their idols; and this because they were a holy people, graciously chosen of God to be his special possession—a high privilege and honor which they were to be careful not to cast away. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 7:1-11

See Deuteronomy 6:10 note.Deuteronomy 7:5Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 and Exodus 34:13 note.Deuteronomy 7:7The fewest of all people - God chose for Himself Israel, when as yet but a single family, or rather a single person, Abraham; though there were already numerous nations and powerful kingdoms in the earth. Increase Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22 had taken place because of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 7:3

Deuteronomy 7:3. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them From this prohibition it has been justly inferred that the Canaanites, as individuals, might be spared upon their repentance and reformation from idolatry. For on the supposition that nothing that breathed was to be saved alive, but that all were to be utterly destroyed, there could be no occasion for this injunction. What end could it answer to forbid all intermarriages with a people supposed not to exist? read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 7:4

Deuteronomy 7:4. To serve other gods That is, there is manifest danger of apostacy and idolatry from such matches. Which reason doth both limit the prohibition to such of these as were unconverted, (otherwise Salmon married Rachab, Matthew 1:5,) and also enlarges it to other idolatrous nations, as appears from 1 Kings 11:2; Ezra 9:2; Nehemiah 13:23. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 7:5

Deuteronomy 7:5. Their groves Which idolaters planted about the temples and altars of their gods. Hereby God designed to take away whatsoever might bring their idolatry to remembrance, or occasion the reviving of it. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 7:1-26

The promised land (7:1-8:20)Israel’s responsibility was to destroy the people of Canaan along with everything connected with their religion, so that nothing would remain in the land that might corrupt God’s people (7:1-5). Israel’s favoured place as God’s chosen people was not an excuse for them to do as they liked, but a reason for them to avoid corruption and be holy. If they were disobedient, they would surely be punished (6-11). But if they were obedient, they would enjoy the blessings of... read more

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