Deuteronomy 7:2

“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 shew mercy unto them:”

"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 shew mercy unto them:" - Deuteronomy 7:2
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What does Deuteronomy 7:2 mean?

Deuteronomy 7:2 (KJV) states "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 shew mercy unto them." This verse comes from the book of Deuteronomy, which is the fifth book of…

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A Call to Righteousness: Understanding God's Command in Deuteronomy 7:2

In Deuteronomy 7:2, we encounter a profound and somewhat disturbing command from God to the Israelites as they prepare to enter the Promised Land: "And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no…

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A Prayer for Faithful Obedience and Divine Guidance

O Sovereign God, Most High, Eternal Father, we come before Thy holy presence with reverence and awe, recognizing that all power and authority belong to Thee. As we meditate on Thy Word, specifically Deuteronomy 7:2, where it is written, "And when the LORD thy God shall deliver…

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Deuteronomy 7:2 - "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 shew mercy unto them:" respectful, symbolic bible verse art
Deuteronomy 2:7 - "For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing."
Deuteronomy 3:7 - "But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves."
Deuteronomy 5:7 - "Thou shalt have none other gods before me."
Deuteronomy 2:2 - "And the LORD spake unto me, saying,"
Deuteronomy 19:7 - "Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee."
Deuteronomy 10:7 - "From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters."
Deuteronomy 11:7 - "But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did."
Deuteronomy 27:7 - "And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 7:21 - "Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible."
Deuteronomy 21:7 - "And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it."
Deuteronomy 7:7 - "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:"
Deuteronomy 7:17 - "If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?"
Deuteronomy 7:11 - "Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them."
Deuteronomy 2:17 - "That the LORD spake unto me, saying,"
Deuteronomy 7:14 - "Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle."
Deuteronomy 30:7 - "And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee."
Deuteronomy 7:20 - "Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed."
Deuteronomy 7:23 - "But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed."
Deuteronomy 8:7 - "For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;"
Deuteronomy 18:7 - "Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD."
Deuteronomy 34:7 - "¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated."
"And the LORD spake unto me, saying," - Deuteronomy 2:2
Deuteronomy 5:2 - "The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb."
Deuteronomy 23:7 - "¶ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land."
Deuteronomy 32:7 - "¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee."
Deuteronomy 7:18 - "Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;"
Deuteronomy 7:10 - "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."
"Thou shalt have none other gods before me." - Deuteronomy 5:7