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You shall consume all the peoples who Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.
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A Protective Command
Commentators explain this severe command was not arbitrary cruelty but a protective measure. It was both God's long-delayed judgment on the Canaanites' deep-seated wickedness and a radical way to protect Israel from spiritual corruption. Sparing the people would inevitably lead to worshipping their gods, which the verse calls 'a snare' that would lead to Israel's ruin.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
You shall consume (literally, eat up) all the people whom the Lord your God shall deliver to you. —When…
16th Century
Protestant
And you shall consume all the people. It is plain from the second part of the verse why He commands the people of Canaan to be destroyed, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall consume all the people which the Lord your God shall deliver you All th…
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We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us…
