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Deuteronomy 7:16-18
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 7:16-18
New English Translation
Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism
16 You must destroy[a] all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship[b] their gods, for that will be a snare to you. 17 If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I—how can I dispossess them?” 18 you must not fear them. You must carefully recall[c] what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,
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- Deuteronomy 7:16 tn Heb “devour” (so NRSV); KJV, NAB, NASB “consume.” The verbal form (a perfect with vav consecutive) is understood here as having an imperatival or obligatory nuance (cf. the instructions and commands that follow). Another option is to take the statement as a continuation of the preceding conditional promises and translate “and you will destroy.”
- Deuteronomy 7:16 tn Or “serve” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
- Deuteronomy 7:18 tn Heb “recalling, you must recall.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb for emphasis. Cf. KJV, ASV “shalt well remember.”
Deuteronomy 7:16-18
New International Version
Deuteronomy 7:16-18
New International Version
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.
17 You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?(E)” 18 But do not be afraid(F) of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.(G)
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