Deuteronomy 7:16

16 And ¹you shall consume all the peoples that the LORD your God will give over to you. ²Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be ³a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:16

And thou shall consume all the people which the Lord thy God
shall deliver thee
All the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which the Lord should deliver into their hands; them they were not to spare, but utterly destroy men, women, and children:

thine eye shall have no pity upon them; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 7:2),

neither shall thou serve their gods, for that will be a snare unto
thee;
which will bring into utter ruin and destruction; see ( Exodus 23:33 ) .

Deuteronomy 7:16 In-Context

14 You shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock.

15 And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

16 And you shall consume all the peoples that the LORD your God will give over to you. Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

17 "If you say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I. How can I dispossess them?'

18 you shall not be afraid of them but you shall remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,

Cross References

• 1. ver. 2
• 2. Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 19:13, 21; Deuteronomy 25:12
• 3. ver. 25; Deuteronomy 12:30; Judges 8:27; See Exodus 23:33