Verse 1
THE COMMAND TO UTTERLY DESTROY THE SEVEN NATIONS THAT WERE THEN IN POSSESSION OF THE LAND OF PROMISE, AND WARNING AGAINST ANY INTERCOURSE WITH THEM.
1. The Hittites These are sometimes mentioned as though they were especially the Canaanites. They were a powerful nation, according to the testimony of monuments and inscriptions. The Girgashites inhabited a portion of the land west of the Jordan. Nothing very definite is known of them.
The Amorites See Deuteronomy 1:4.
The Canaanites The term is sometimes applied as a general name for all the nations of the Promised Land who were not Israelites. Here it is the name of that tribe that dwelt on the lowlands or plains. “The Canaanite dwells by the sea and by the side of Jordan.” Numbers 13:29. The Perizzites were the husbandmen and the herdsmen who occupied the elevated plains. The word means the villagers.
Hivites According to Genesis 34:2, this tribe possessed Shechem. At the time of the conquest they held Gibeon, but the main body were in the northern part of western Palestine.
The Jebusites The first notice of this people is in the report of the spies. Numbers 13:29. They were a mountain tribe, and Jebus was evidently their chief town.
Seven nations See Joshua 3:10; Joshua 24:11.
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