Deuteronomy 7:8

loveth you With Israel's love to God (see on Deuteronomy 6:5) God's love to Israel is equally characteristic of D and not found elsewhere in Hexateuch; first expressed and very fully in Hosea 1-3 and Hosea 11:1-4. In Deut. of God's love to the fathers of the nation, Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15, both Sg.; to the nation, Deuteronomy 7:8 Pl. (editorial), Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 23:5 Sg.; to the stranger, Deuteronomy 10:18 Sg.

the oath which he sware See Deuteronomy 9:5.

mighty hand See on Deuteronomy 3:24.

redeemed you Heb. thee, and the Sg. is confirmed by Sam. and most MSS of LXX. This Sg. clause follows, not only conveniently upon Deuteronomy 7:6, the last clause in Sg., but very appropriately because of its redeemedand the peculiar peopleof that clause.

redeemed The ordinary term for ransoming beast or man from slavery or death (see on Exodus 13:13), is used of the redemption of Israel from Egypt in D here, Deuteronomy 13:5; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 21:8; Deuteronomy 24:8, all with the Sg., and in Deuteronomy 9:26 in a Pl. context; and so nowhere else in the Hexateuch.