When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations 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 and mightier than thou;

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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

When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land... —The former chapter applies the Decalogue to the love of Jehovah and of His word, …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

When the Lord your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it. The land of Canaan they were just now go…

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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