Deuteronomy 7:1

When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possesse it, and shall roote out many nations before thee: the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, seuen nations greater and mightier then thou,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2And the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt vtterly destroy them: thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor haue compassion on them,

Read all of Deuteronomy 7

Cross References

Genesis 15:21The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.

Exodus 15:7And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowen them that rose against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as the stubble.

Exodus 23:32Thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor with their gods:

Numbers 13:29Neuerthelesse the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great: and moreouer, we sawe the sonnes of Anak there.

Deuteronomy 4:1Nowe therefore hearken, O Israel, vnto the ordinances and to the lawes which I teache you to doe, that ye may liue and goe in, and possesse the lande, which the Lord God of your fathers giueth you.

Deuteronomy 6:1These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it:

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:1

Moses in this chapter exhorts Israel, I. In general, to keep God's commandments, ver. 11, 12 . II. In particular, and in order to that, to keep themselves pure from all communion with idolaters. 1. They must utterly destroy the seven devoted nations, and not spare them, or make leagues with them, ver. 1, 2 , 16 , 24 . 2. They must by no means marry with the remainders of them, ver. 3, 4 . 3. They must deface and consume their altars and images, and not so much as take the silver and gold of them to their own use,… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Deuteronomy 7:1