and when the Lord your God turns them over to you and you [a]defeat them, (A)you shall [b]utterly destroy them. (B)You shall not make a covenant with them (C)nor be gracious to them.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 Lit strike
  2. Deuteronomy 7:2 Or certainly devote to the ban

and when the Lord your God has delivered(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(B) them totally.[a](C) Make no treaty(D) with them, and show them no mercy.(E)

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.

16 You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will turn over to you; (A)your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be (B)a snare to you.

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16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.(A) Do not look on them with pity(B) and do not serve their gods,(C) for that will be a snare(D) to you.

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