1-4 All communion with the nations is forbidden 5 for fear of idolatry 6-8 for the holiness of the people, 9-16 for the nature of God in his mercy and justice, 17-26 for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them

the Lord De 4:38 6:1,10,19,23 9:1,4 11:29 31:3,20 Ex 6:8 15:7 Nu 14:31 Ps 44:2,3 78:55

the Hittites With respect to the situation of these nations in the land of Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited Phoenecial the Hittietes, the mountains south of the promised land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards Hermon; the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of Gennesaret, the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites, the mountains west of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of Moab; and that the Perizzites were probably not a distinct nation, but villagers scattered through the country. Ge 15:18-21 Ex 23:28 33:2

greater De 4:38 4:1-3 20:1

2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them:

deliver De 7:23,24 3:3 23:14 Ge 14:20 Jos 10:24,25,30,32,42 21:44 Jud 1:4

utterly De 20:16,17 Le 27:28,29 Nu 33:52 Jos 6:17-25 8:24 9:24 10:28,40 11:11,12

make no De 20:10,11 Ex 23:32,33 34:12-16 Jos 2:14 9:18-21 Jud 1:24 2:2 2Sa 21:2

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Ge 6:2,3 Ex 34:15,16 Jos 23:12,13 Jud 3:6,7 1Ki 11:2 Ezr 9:1,2 Ne 13:23-27 2Co 6:14-17

4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

so will De 6:15 32:16,17 Ex 20:5 Jud 2:11,20 3:7,8 10:6,7

5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

destroy De 12:2,3 Ex 23:24 34:13 2Ki 23:6-14

images [heb] statues, or pillars De 16:22 Le 26:1

and cut Jud 6:25,26

burn De 7:25 9:21 Ex 32:20

6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

an holy De 14:2 26:19 28:9 Ex 19:5,6 Ps 50:5 Jer 2:3 Am 3:2 1Co 6:19,20 Tit 2:14 2Pe 2:5,9

to be a special Mal 3:17 Tit 2:14

7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

The Lord Ps 115:1 Ro 9:11-15,18,21 11:6 1Jo 3:1 4:10

ye were De 10:22 Isa 51:2 Mt 7:14 Lu 12:32 Ro 9:27-29

8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

because De 4:37 9:4,5 10:15 1Sa 12:22 2Sa 22:20 Ps 44:3 Isa 43:4 Ps 44:3 Jer 31:3 Zep 3:17 Mt 11:26 Eph 2:4,5 2Th 2:13,14 Tit 3:3-7 1Jo 4:19

oath Ge 22:16-18 Ex 32:13 Ps 105:8-10,42 Lu 1:55,72,73 Heb 6:13-17

Lord brought De 4:20,34 Ex 12:41,42 13:3,14 20:2

9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

the faithful Ex 34:6,7 Ps 119:75 146:6 Isa 49:7 La 3:23 1Co 1:9 10:3 2Co 1:18 1Th 5:24 2Th 3:3 2Ti 2:13 Tit 1:2 Heb 6:18 10:23 11:11 1Jo 1:9

which keepeth Ge 5:10 17:7 Ex 20:6 Ne 1:5 Da 9:4 Ro 8:28 1Co 8:3 Jas 1:12

a thousand 1Ch 16:15

10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

repayeth Ps 21:8,9 Pr 11:31 Isa 59:18 Na 1:2 Ro 12:19

slack De 32:25 2Pe 3:9,10

hateth Ex 20:5 Joh 15:23-24

11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

De 4:1 5:32 Joh 14:15

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

if [heb] because De 28:1 Le 26:3

Lord De 7:9 Ps 105:8-10 Mic 7:20 Lu 1:55,72,73

13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

he will love De 7:7 28:4 Ex 23:25 Ps 1:3 11:7 144:12-15 Joh 14:21 15:10 16:27

he will also De 28:3-5,11,15-18 Job 42:12 Pr 10:22 Mal 3:10,11 Mt 6:33

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

blessed De 33:29 Ps 115:15 147:19,20

male or De 28:4,11 Ex 23:26 Le 26:9 Ps 127:3

15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

will put none The Israelites, if obedient, would have been subject to no maladies but those common to fallen man, and generally very healthy and long lived being exempted from pestilential diseases, which have often most tremendously scourged guilty nations; and from such maladies in particular, as they had witnessed in Egypt, by which God afflicted their cruel oppressors, (Ex 15:26). This must be referred to the {national} covenant; for though godliness often secures the most solid temporal advantages, yet temporal blessings were not, even among them, uniformly dispensed to individuals according to their obedience; but they were to the {nation}, with an exactness which is not observed towards any other people. Le 26:3,4

will put none De 28:27,60 Ex 9:11 15:26 Ps 105:36,37

16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

consume De 7:2

thine eye De 13:8 19:13,21 25:12 Jer 21:7

for that will De 12:30,31 Ex 23:33 34:12-16 Nu 33:55 Jos 23:13-16 Jud 2:3,12 3:6 8:27 Ps 106:36 1Co 15:33

17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

thou shalt De 8:17 15:9 18:21 Isa 14:13 47:8 49:21 Jer 13:22 Lu 9:47

these nations Nu 13:32 33:53 Jos 17:16-18

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

shalt not De 1:29 3:6 31:6 Ps 27:1,2 46:1,2 Isa 41:10-14

remember Ex 7:1-14:31 Jud 6:13 Ps 77:11 78:11,42-51 105:5,26-36 135:8-10 136:10-15 Isa 51:9,10 63:11-15

19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

great De 4:34 11:2-4 29:3 Ne 9:10,11 Jer 32:20,21 Eze 20:6-9

so shall Jos 3:10

20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

the hornet Ex 23:28-30 Jos 24:12

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

the Lord Nu 9:20 14:9,14,42 16:3 23:21 Jos 3:10 2Ch 32:8 Ps 46:5,7,11 Isa 8:9,10 Zec 2:10,11 1Co 14:25

a mighty God De 10:17 25:8 1Sa 4:8 Ne 1:5 4:14 9:32 Zec 12:2-5

22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

put out [heb] pluck off
thou mayest As the Israelites were not yet sufficiently numerous to fill the whole land occupied by these nations; and as wild and ferocious animals might be expected to multiply where the place was but thinly peopled, therefore God informs then that their extermination from before them should be gradual. Haynes says, `The approaching to Cana, at the close of the day, as we did, is at once terrifying and dangerous. The surrounding country swarms with wild beasts, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc., whose cries and howling, I doubt not, would strike the boldest traveller, who had not been frequently in a like situation, with the deepest sense of horror.' Ex 23:29,30 Jos 15:63

23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

the Lord De 7:2

unto thee [heb] before thy face De 9:3

shall destroy De 2:15 8:20 Isa 13:6 Jer 17:18 Joe 1:15 2Th 1:9

24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

he shall Jos 10:24,25,42 12:1

their name De 9:14 25:19 29:20 Ex 17:14 Ps 9:5 Pr 10:7 Jer 10:11 Zep 1:4

there shall be De 11:25 Jos 1:5 10:8 23:9 Isa 54:17 Ro 8:37 1Co 15:57

25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

graven De 7:5 12:3 Ex 32:20 1Ch 14:12 Isa 30:22

thou shalt Jos 7:1,21

snared Jud 8:24-27 Zep 1:3 1Ti 6:9,10

an abomination De 17:1 23:18 Re 17:5

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

shalt De 13:17 Le 27:28,29 Jos 6:17-24 7:1,11-26 Eze 14:7 Hab 2:9-11 Zec 5:4

but thou shalt Isa 2:20 30:22 Eze 11:18 Ho 14:8 Ro 2:22