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A Just, Not Cruel, Command
Commentators stress that this command was not an act of random cruelty but the execution of God's just sentence. After 400 years of patience (Genesis 15:16), the Canaanite nations' sins had become 'full.' Scholars like Calvin and Gill explain that Israel was acting as the instrument of God's long-delayed but righteous vengeance on nations guilty of capital crimes like idolatry and murder.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 7:1–11
18th Century
Theologian
See (Deuteronomy 6:10) note.
(Deuteronomy 7:5) Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is t…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 7:2
19th Century
Bishop
And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee... —It would be possible to read, “Then the Lord your G…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 7:2
16th Century
Theologian
You shall smite them and utterly destroy them. Those who think that there was cruelty in this command usurp too much authority concerning …
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 7:2
17th Century
Pastor
And when the Lord your God shall deliver them before you
Into their hands:
you shall smite them, …
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 7:1–11
17th Century
Minister
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…