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Deuteronomy 7:16 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 7 · verse 16
And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.Deuteronomy 7:16 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 7:16 in context
14Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
15And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
16And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
17If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
18Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
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Key words (Strong's)
- consumeʼâkalto eatH398 →
- delivernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- pitychûwçproperly, to coverH2347 →
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Here, I. The caution against idolatry is repeated, and against communion with idolaters: "Thou shalt consume the people, and not serve their gods." Deu 7:16. We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those that do those works.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-26