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Deuternomium 7:2

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2 und Jehova, dein Gott, sie vor dir dahingibt, und du sie schlägst, so sollst du sie ganz und gar verbannen; du sollst keinen Bund mit ihnen machen, noch Gnade gegen sie üben.

Deuternomium 7:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 7:2

And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee
Into their hands:

thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them;
men, women, and children; which was ordered not merely to make way and room for the people of Israel to inherit their land, but as a punishment for capital crimes they had been guilty of, such as idolatry, incest, murder wherefore though they were reprieved for a while for Israel's sake, till their time was come to possess the land, they were at length righteously punished; which observed, abates the seeming severity exercised upon them:

thou shalt make no covenant with them;
to dwell in their cities and houses, and enjoy their lands and estates, on any condition whatever; and though they did make a league with the Gibeonites, that was obtained by fraud, they pretending not to be of the land of Canaan, but to come from a very distant country:

nor show mercy unto them;
by sparing their lives, bestowing any favours upon them, or giving them any help and assistance when in distress: the Jews extend this to all other Heathen nations besides these seven; wherefore, if an Israelite, as Maimonides F26 says, should see a Gentile perishing, or plunged into a river, he may not take him out, nor administer medicine to a sick person. Hence Juvenal F1 the poet upbraids them with their unkindness and incivility; and says that Moses delivered it as a Jewish law, in a secret volume of his, perhaps referring to this book of Deuteronomy, that the Jews might not direct a poor traveller in his way unless he was one of their religion, nor one athirst to a fountain of water; and which led Tacitus F2, the Heathen historian, to make this remark upon them, that they entertained an hostile hatred against all other people.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Hilchot Abodath Cochabim, c. 10. sect. 1, 2.
F1 "Non monstrare vias" Satyr 14.
F2 Hist l. 5. c. 5.
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Deuternomium 7:2 In-Context

1 Wenn Jehova, dein Gott, dich in das Land bringt, wohin du kommst, um es in Besitz zu nehmen, und viele Nationen vor dir hinaustreibt: die Hethiter und die Girgasiter und die Amoriter und die Kanaaniter und die Perisiter und die Hewiter und die Jebusiter, sieben Nationen, größer und stärker als du,
2 und Jehova, dein Gott, sie vor dir dahingibt, und du sie schlägst, so sollst du sie ganz und gar verbannen; du sollst keinen Bund mit ihnen machen, noch Gnade gegen sie üben.
3 Und du sollst dich nicht mit ihnen verschwägern: Deine Tochter sollst du nicht seinem Sohne geben, und seine Tochter sollst du nicht für deinen Sohn nehmen;
4 denn sie würden deine Söhne von mir abwendig machen, daß sie anderen Göttern dienten; und der Zorn Jehovas würde wider euch entbrennen, und er würde dich schnell vertilgen.
5 Sondern also sollt ihr ihnen tun: Ihre Altäre sollt ihr niederreißen und ihre Bildsäulen zerbrechen und ihre Ascherim umhauen und ihre geschnitzten Bilder mit Feuer verbrennen.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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