Deuteronomy 7
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Deuteronomy 7:1-9

1When Jehovah thy GodH430 shall bringH935 thee into the landH776 whither thou goest to possessH3423 it, and shall cast out manyH7227 nationsH1471 before thee, the HittiteH2850, and the GirgashiteH1622, and the AmoriteH567, and the CanaaniteH3669, and the PerizziteH6522, and the HiviteH2340, and the JebusiteH2983, sevenH7651 nationsH1471 greaterH7227 and mightierH6099 than thou; 2and when Jehovah thy GodH430 shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroyH2763 them: thou shalt makeH5414 no covenantH1285 with them, nor show mercy unto them; 3neither shalt thou makeH5414 marriages with them; thy daughterH1323 thou shalt not giveH5414 unto his sonH1121, nor his daughterH1323 shalt thou takeH3947 unto thy sonH1121. 4For he will turnH5493 awayH5493 thy sonH1121 from following me, that they may serveH5647 otherH312 godsH430: so will the angerH639 of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroyH8045 thee quicklyH4118. 5But thusH3541 shall ye deal with them: ye shall breakH7665 down their altarsH4196, and dash in pieces their pillarsH4676, and hew downH5422 their Asherim, and burnH8313 their graven images with fireH784.

6For thou art a holyH6918 peopleH5971 unto Jehovah thy GodH430: Jehovah thy GodH430 hath chosenH977 thee to beH1961 a peopleH5971 for his own possessionH5459, above all peoplesH5971 that are upon the faceH6440 of the earthH127. 7Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor chooseH977 you, because ye were more in number than any peopleH5971; for ye were the fewestH4592 of all peoplesH5971: 8but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keepH8104 the oathH7621 which he sware unto your fathersH1, hath Jehovah broughtH3318 you out with a mightyH2389 handH3027, and redeemedH6299 you out of the houseH1004 of bondage, from the handH3027 of PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714. 9KnowH3045 therefore that Jehovah thy GodH430, he is GodH430, the faithfulH539 GodH430, who keepeth covenantH1285 and lovingkindness with them that loveH157 him and keepH8104 his commandmentsH4687 to a thousandH505 generationsH1755,

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain