All these are so many beautiful recapitulations of the same important precepts and promises blended. Upon so grand and infinitely momentous a concern, we need line upon line, and precept upon precept. read more
1-11 Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God, must have no communication with the unfruitful works of darkness. Limiting the orders to destroy, to the nations here mentioned, plainly shows that after ages were not to draw this into a precedent. A proper understanding of the evil of sin, and of the mystery of a crucified Saviour, will enable us to perceive the justice of God in all his punishments, temporal and... read more
The Eradication of Idolatry Commanded v. 1. When the Lord, thy God, shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, an event certain to materialize in the near future, and hath cast out many nations before thee, great in numbers, in resources, and in valor, the 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 thou; v. 2. and when the Lord, thy God, shall... read more
Deuteronomy 7:1-261When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations [heathen] before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater [more numerous] and mightier than thou; 2And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, [and] thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them,1 thou shalt make no covenant with... read more
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 religious life, that they come to ask us to tell them the reasons that account for it. Seek to live so purely and devoutly, and yet so attractively, that the young people around will be compelled to inquire after your secret, Luke 11:1 . We are not only to teach the children, but to guard them against... read more
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 instructions were given in this .matter. They must not compromise with the people of the land. They must not many with them because such alliance would result in corruption of the chosen people and their straying after other gods. Moreover, they were to sweep out all the signs of false religion,... read more
The Reason For Doing This Is because In Compassion and Mercy He Has Chosen Them To The End That They Are His Holy (Set Apart For Himself) People And Has Set His Love On Them (Deuteronomy 7:7-11 ). In this passage the love and faithfulness of God is accentuated, and it is stressed that He loves them, not because they deserve it or were worthy, but simply because He has sovereignly set His love on them and also for their fathers’ sakes. Thus they can be sure that He will reveal His faithfulness... read more
Deuteronomy 7:6-Jeremiah : gives reasons why Israel ought to serve Yahweh. Deuteronomy 7:9 . Render, “ know therefore that Yahweh thy God is the” ( i.e. the true, see Deuteronomy 4:35) “ God, the faithful God, one who keeps His covenant to show lovingkindness to. them,” etc. Deuteronomy 7:10 . Note the individualism of Dt. (see Deuteronomy 21:1-1 Samuel : *). Deuteronomy 7:13 . corn . . . wine (fresh made wine) and fresh (olive) oil are Yahweh’ s gifts, not those of the Baalim or... read more
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 deliver them.Deuteronomy 7:2. They must be destroyed, devoted to destruction as accursed, put under the ban. Leviticus 27:28. No covenant must be made, nor alliances formed with them lest their children should be seduced.Deuteronomy 7:4. From following, lit. from behind me (Jehovah) i.e., entice to other... read more
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The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Deuteronomy 7:1-26
Prohibitions Deuteronomy 7:0 This chapter might be so read as to give great offence. There is in it a tone of pitilessness. The whole chapter is a vengeful speech. The chapter is charged with partiality on the part of God towards one nation, as though other nations were self-created or had been fashioned by inferior deities, and were worthy of nothing but contempt and destruction. Who made the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the... read more