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Deuteronomy 7
Deuteronomy 7:1
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; (For
you to
think about - Is there a similarity between Israel crossing the Jordan and
casting out the many nations and the Europeans crossing the Atlantic and driving
out the Indians i.e. 'native Americans'?)
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: (The Europeans did make treaties with the
Indians and now several tribes are bringing suit based upon those treaties.)
Deuteronomy 7:3
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. (For
you to
think about -Does
Moses allow the making of laws opposing the 'right' to marry anyone you
chose regardless of race or religion?)
Deuteronomy 7:4
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.
Deuteronomy 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.
(First Commandment - No other gods before me.)
Deuteronomy 7:6
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.
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 7:8
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. (What was the oath(s) sworn to the fathers?
The answer somewhere in this course.)
Deuteronomy 7:9-10
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; (Who is special in God's eyes?) 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.
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Question 26: IF the Hittites, and the
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites, were discriminated against not because of
race or religion but because of conduct, Then with regard to verse 4
above,
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