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They didn`t destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,
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Disobedience, Not Mercy
Commentators stress that Israel's failure was not an act of human compassion but a direct violation of God's explicit command. John Calvin argues that what might appear as mercy was actually a failure to execute God's righteous judgment. This disobedience polluted the land God had set apart as holy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They did not destroy the nations – The Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, etc.; the nations that inhabited the land of Canaan.
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19th Century
Anglican
The national sin after the settlement in Canaan.
Baptist
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
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16th Century
Protestant
They did not destroy the nations. It appears to me that those people are mistaken who think that the prophet is here simply giving an acco…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They did not destroy the nations Here begins an account of their sins and provocations, after they were settled in t…
The conduct of the Israelites in Canaan, and God's dealings with them, show that the way of sin is downhill; omissions make way for commissions: wh…
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