Deuteronomy 7:2

Translations

Modern

…and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

Traditional

And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Literal

…and YHWH your God delivers them over to you, then you shall strike them down—you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall not make a covenant with them and you shall not show mercy to them.

Latin

…tradideritque eas Dominus Deus tuus tibi, percuties eas usque ad internecionem. Non inibis cum eis fœdus, nec misereberis earum,

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English

…and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

Notes

Deuteronomy 7:1–26

Before Israel could occupy the promised land, they had to remove the people already living there (compare Genesis 13:14–17; 15:18–21). The land belonged to the Lord, and only God could decide who should live there.

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Exodus 23:32–33
You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
Judges 2:2
…and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
Deuteronomy 20:16–17
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
Deuteronomy 23:14
For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
Joshua 2:14
“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
Joshua 10:30
And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Joshua 11:11–12
The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
Leviticus 27:28–29
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
Exodus 34:12–16
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
Joshua 10:42
And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
2 Samuel 21:2
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
Joshua 9:18–21
But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.

Glossary

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Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Forbidden Alliances: Political with Idolaters Forbidden Canaanites: Given to the Israelites Company: Evil Covenants: The Jews: Forbidden to Make, with the Nations of Canaan Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Hittites: Israel Commanded to Destroy Hivites: Israel Commanded to Destroy Idolatry: Saints should not Covenant with Those Who Practise The Canaanites: Israel Commanded: To Destroy, Without Mercy The Canaanites: Israel Commanded: To Make No League With The Jews: Prohibited From: Covenanting with Others War: God: Frequently Ordered

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