_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_
Thou shalt ... utterly destroy them, х_ HACHªREEM_ (H2763) _
TACHªRIYM_ (H2763)] - thou shalt devote to destruction, as accur... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
Thus shall ye deal with them. It is deserving of notice that Moses, in
enjoining the destruction of all the appendages of idolatry, does... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord - i:e., set apart to the
service of God, or chosen to execute the important pur... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT THEREFORE KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS, AND THE STATUTES, AND THE
JUDGMENTS, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO DO THEM._
Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments ... In the covenant into
which God entered with Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a
variety of blessings so long as, they co... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND 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._
The evil diseases of Egypt - (see Exodus 15:26.) But besides those
with which Pharaoh and his subjects were visited,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
That will be a snare unto thee - i:e., an incentive to idolatry (cf.
Psalms 106:36).... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THOU SHALT SAY IN THINE HEART, THESE NATIONS ARE MORE THAN I; HOW
CAN I DISPOSSESS THEM?_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE LORD THY GOD WILL SEND THE HORNET AMONG THEM, UNTIL THEY
THAT ARE LEFT, AND HIDE THEMSELVES FROM THEE, BE DESTROYED._
God will send the hornet among them. 'It is of the same appearance and
colour as the ordinary wasp, but rather more than double its size. The
black line which connects... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT BE AFFRIGHTED AT THEM: FOR THE LORD THY GOD IS AMONG
YOU, A MIGHTY GOD AND TERRIBLE._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD THY GOD WILL PUT OUT THOSE NATIONS BEFORE THEE BY LITTLE
AND LITTLE: THOU MAYEST NOT CONSUME THEM AT ONCE, LEST THE BEASTS OF
THE FIELD INCREASE UPON THEE._
Lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee - (see the notes at
Exodus 23:28.) The omnipotence of their Almighty Ruler could... [ Continue Reading ]