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but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

See (Deuteronomy 6:10) note.

(Deuteronomy 7:5) Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is t…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

But because the Lord loved you. —And this, again, was not due to themselves, as he points out fully in Deuteronomy 9:4 an…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Because he would keep the oath. The love of God is here referred back from the children to the fathers. For he addressed the men of his ow…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But because the Lord loved you With an unmerited love; he loved them, because he loved them; that is, because he would lo…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God must have no associati…

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