31 (A)I will set your boundary from the [a]Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River; (B)for I will hand over the inhabitants of the land to you, and you will (C)drive them out from you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 Lit Sea of Reeds

31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.(A) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out(B) before you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Exodus 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines

and when the Lord your God turns them over to you and you [a]defeat them, (A)you shall [b]utterly destroy them. (B)You shall not make a covenant with them (C)nor be gracious to them.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 Lit strike
  2. Deuteronomy 7:2 Or certainly devote to the ban

and when the Lord your God has delivered(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(B) them totally.[a](C) Make no treaty(D) with them, and show them no mercy.(E)

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.