Deuteronomy 7:1

When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

2 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
KJV
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;
WEB
When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;
ASV
When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
DARBY
When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations from 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,
BLB
When YHWH your God brings you into the land that you are going in to possess, and He has cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you—
ÅB
Når Herren din Gud har ført deg inn i det land du nå drar inn i og skal ta i eie, og han driver ut mange folk for deg, hetittene og girgasittene og amorittene og kana'anittene og ferisittene og hevittene og jebusittene, syv folk, som er større og sterkere enn du,
OTB
Når Herren din Gud fører deg inn i landet du skal ta i eie, og driver ut mange folkeslag for deg—hetittene, girgasittene, amorittene, kanaanittene, perisittene, hevittene og jebusittene, sju folkeslag som er større og mektigere enn deg—
B1930
Når Herren din Gud har ført dig inn i det land du nu drar inn i og skal ta i eie, og han driver ut mange folk for dig, hetittene og girgasittene og amorittene og kana'anittene og ferisittene og hevittene og jebusittene, syv folk, som er større og sterkere enn du,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 31:3

    The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

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  • Acts 13:19

    And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:38

    to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

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  • Genesis 15:18–21

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

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  • Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Deuteronomy 20:1

    When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:1

    Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

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  • Psalms 44:2–3

    With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

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