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Deuteronomy 7

1WhenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallbringH935theeintothelandהָאָ֕רֶץha.'A.retzH776whither thou goesttopossessH3423it,andshallcastoutmanyרַבִּ֣ים׀ra.BimH7227nationsגּֽוֹיִם־go.yim-H1471frombeforethee,theHittitesH2850,andtheGirgashites,andtheAmoritesH567,andtheCanaanitesH3669,andthePerizzites,andtheHivites,andtheJebusites,sevenשִׁבְעָ֣הshiv.'AhH7651nationsגוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471greaterרַבִּ֥יםra.BimH7227andmightierוַעֲצוּמִ֖יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099thanthou,

2andwhenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallgiveH5414themupbeforetheeandthou shaltsmitethem,thenshalt thou utterlydestroyH2763them: thou shaltmakeH5414nocovenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285withthem,norshewmercyuntothem.

3Andthou shaltmakeH5414nomarriageswiththem: thydaughterבִּתְּךָ֙bi.te.KhaH1323thou shaltnotgiveתִתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414untohissonלִבְנ֔וֹliv.NoH1121,nortakeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947hisdaughterוּבִתּ֖וֹu.vi.ToH1323forthysonלִבְנֶֽךָ׃liv.Ne.khaH1121;

4forhewillturnיָסִ֤ירya.SirH5493awayH5493thysonבִּנְךָ֙bin.KhaH1121fromfollowingme,andtheywillserveוְעָבְד֖וּve.'a.ve.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,andtheangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovahwillbekindledagainstyou,andhewilldestroyוְהִשְׁמִידְךָ֖ve.hish.mi.de.KhaH8045theequicklyמַהֵֽר׃ma.HerH4118.

5Butthusכֹּ֤הkohH3541shall yedealwiththem: ye shallbreakH7665downtheiraltarsמִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣םmiz.be.cho.tei.HemH4196,andshatterתְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּte.sha.Be.ruH7665theirstatues,andhewdownתִּתֹּ֔צוּti.To.tzuH5422theirAsherahs,andburnתִּשְׂרְפ֥וּןtis.re.FunH8313theirgravenimageswithfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

6Foraholyקָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.VoshH6918peopleH5971art thou untoJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430:JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenH977theetobeH1961untohimapeopleH5971forapossessionסְגֻלָּ֔הse.gu.LahH5459,aboveallthepeoplesH5971thatareuponthefaceH6440oftheearthH127.

7Notbecauseye weremoreinnumberthanallthepeoplesH5971, hathJehovahbeenattachedtoyouandchosenH977you,foryearethefewestהַמְעַ֖טham.'AtH4592ofallthepeoplesH5971;

8butbecauseJehovahlovedyou,andbecausehewouldkeepH8104theoathהַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ha.she.vu.'AhH7621whichhehadswornH7650untoyourfathersH1, hathJehovahbroughtH3318yououtwithapowerfulhandבְּיָ֣דbe.YadH3027,andredeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֙vai.yif.de.KhaH6299yououtofthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondage,fromthehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֥הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

9Andthou shaltknowוְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ve.Ya.da'.taH3045thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,heisGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,thefaithfulהַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ןha.ne.'e.ManH539GodH430,whokeepethcovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285andmercytoathousandלְאֶ֥לֶףle.'E.lefH505generationsדּֽוֹר׃DorH1755withthemthatloveלְאֹהֲבָ֛יוle.'o.ha.VavH157himandkeepH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֖יוmitz.vo.tovH4687;

10andrepayeththemthathateH8130him[each]tohisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440,tocausethemtoperishH6:hedelayethnotwithhimthathatethhim,hewillrepayH7999himtohisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440.

11Andthou shaltkeepוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨ve.sha.mar.TaH8104thecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֜הha.mitz.VahH4687,andthestatutesH2706,andtheordinancesH4941,whichIcommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680theethisdayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117,todothem.

12Anditshallcometopass,ifye hearkentotheseordinancesH4941,andkeepH8104anddothem,thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willkeepH8104withtheethecovenantהַבְּרִית֙ha.be.RitH1285andthemercywhichhesworeH7650unto thyfathersH1;

13andhewillloveוַאֲהֵ֣בְךָ֔va.'a.He.ve.khaH157thee,andblessוּבֵרַכְךָ֖u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288thee,andmultiplyH7235thee,andwillblessוּבֵרַ֣ךְu.ve.RakhH1288thefruitפְּרִֽי־pe.ri-H6529ofthywombבִטְנְךָ֣vit.ne.KhaH990,andthefruitוּפְרִֽי־u.fe.ri-H6529ofthygroundאַ֠דְמָתֶךָ'Ad.ma.te.khaH127, thy cornandthynewוְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ve.ti.ro.she.KhaH8492wineH8492,andthineoilוְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323,theoffspringofthy kine,andtheincreaseוְהִרְבֶּ֑ךָve.hir.Be.khaH7235ofthysheepH6629,inthelandהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127whichhesworeH7650unto thyfathersH1togiveלָ֥תֶתLa.tetH5414thee.

14Thou shaltbeתִּֽהְיֶ֖הtih.YehH1961blessedH1288aboveallthepeoplesH5971;thereshallnotbeיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961maleorfemalebarrenH6135withthee,orwiththycattleH929;

15andJehovahwilltakeawayH5493fromtheeallsicknessחֹ֑לִיCho.liH2483,andnoneoftheevilH7451infirmitiesofEgyptמִצְרַ֨יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,whichthou knowest,willheputH5414uponthee;buthewilllaythemuponallthemthathateשֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃so.ne.'Ei.khaH8130thee.

16Andthou shaltconsumeוְאָכַלְתָּ֣ve.'a.khal.TaH398allthepeoplesH5971thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willgiveH5414upunto thee; thineeyeעֵֽינְךָ֖'ei.ne.KhaH5869shallnotsparethem,andthou shaltnotserveתַעֲבֹד֙ta.'a.VodH5647theirgodsאֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.HemH430;forthatwouldbeasnareמוֹקֵ֥שׁmo.KeshH4170unto thee.

17Ifthou shouldestsayתֹאמַר֙to.MarH559inthyheartבִּלְבָ֣בְךָ֔bil.Va.ve.khaH3824,Thesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471aregreaterרַבִּ֛יםra.BimH7227thanI;howאֵיכָ֥ה'ei.KhahH349canIdispossessלְהוֹרִישָֽׁם׃le.ho.ri.ShamH3423them?

18fearH3372themnot;rememberH2142wellwhatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430diduntoPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֖הle.far.'OhH6547,anduntoalltheEgyptians;

19thegreatהַגְּדֹלֹ֜תha.ge.do.LotH1419trialswhichthineeyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869sawH7200,andthesignsוְהָאֹתֹ֤תve.ha.'o.TotH226,andthewondersוְהַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ve.ha.mo.fe.TimH4159,andthepowerfulhandוְהַיָּ֤דve.hai.YadH3027,andthestretched-outH5186armוְהַזְּרֹ֣עַve.ha.ze.Ro.a'H2220,wherebyJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430broughtH3318theeout:soH3651willJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430dountoallthepeoplesH5971whomthou fearest.

20Moreover,JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willsendיְשַׁלַּ֛חye.sha.LachH7971thehornetהַצִּרְעָ֔הha.tzir.'AhH6880amongthem,untiltheythatareleftH7604,andtheythathideוְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖יםve.ha.nis.ta.RimH5641themselvesfromthee,aredestroyedH6.

21Thou shaltnotbeafraidH3372ofthem;forJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430isinthymidstבְּקִרְבֶּ֔ךָbe.kir.Be.chaH7130,aGodH430greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419andterrible.

22AndJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willcastoutthosenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471frombeforetheebylittleמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592andlittleמְעָ֑טme.'AtH4592; thou shaltnotbeableתוּכַל֙tu.KhalH3201tomakeכַּלֹּתָ֣םka.lo.TamH3615anendH3615ofthematonce,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thebeastsofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704increaseתִּרְבֶּ֥הtir.BehH7235uponthee.

23ButJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willgiveH5414themupbeforethee,andwillconfoundthemwithgreatגְדֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419consternation,untiltheyaredestroyedהִשָּׁמְדָֽם׃hi.sha.me.DamH8045.

24Andhewillgiveוְנָתַ֤ןve.na.TanH5414theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428intothyhandבְּיָדֶ֔ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027,andthou shaltputH5414outtheirnameשְׁמָ֔םshe.MamH8034fromundertheheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;nomanH376shallstandיִתְיַצֵּ֥בyit.ya.TzevH3320beforethee,untilthou hastdestroyedהִשְׁמִֽדְךָ֖hish.mid.KhaH8045them.

25Thegravenimagesoftheirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430shallyeburnתִּשְׂרְפ֣וּןtis.re.FunH8313withfireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784; thou shaltnotcovetתַחְמֹד֩tach.ModH2530thesilverכֶּ֨סֶףKe.sefH3701andgoldוְזָהָ֤בve.za.HavH2091[thatis]onthemandtakeוְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.TaH3947itunto thee,lestפֶּ֚ןpenH6435thoubeensnaredtherein;foritisanabominationתוֹעֲבַ֛תto.'a.VatH8441toJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430.

26Andthou shaltnotbringתָבִ֤יאta.Vi'H935anabominationתֽוֹעֵבָה֙to.'e.VahH8441intothyhouseבֵּיתֶ֔ךָbei.Te.khaH1004, lest thoubeוְהָיִ֥יתָve.ha.Yi.taH1961acursedthingH8441likeit: thou shaltutterlydetestH8262it,andthou shaltutterlyabhorH8581it;foritisacursedthingH8441.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7

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