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Deuteronomy 7:15-17
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 7:15-17
New English Translation
15 The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.
Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism
16 You must destroy[a] all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship[b] their gods, for that will be a snare to you. 17 If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I—how can I dispossess them?”
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- Deuteronomy 7:16 tn Heb “devour” (so NRSV); KJV, NAB, NASB “consume.” The verbal form (a perfect with vav consecutive) is understood here as having an imperatival or obligatory nuance (cf. the instructions and commands that follow). Another option is to take the statement as a continuation of the preceding conditional promises and translate “and you will destroy.”
- Deuteronomy 7:16 tn Or “serve” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
Deuteronomy 7:15-17
New International Version
Deuteronomy 7:15-17
New International Version
15 The Lord will keep you free from every disease.(A) He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt,(B) but he will inflict them on all who hate you.(C) 16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.(D) Do not look on them with pity(E) and do not serve their gods,(F) for that will be a snare(G) to you.
17 You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?(H)”
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