Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 7

1When theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallbringH935theeintoאֶל־'el-H413thelandהָאָ֕רֶץha.'A.retzH776whither thou goest topossessH3423it, and shallcastH3423outH4480manyרַבִּ֣ים׀ra.BimH7227nationsגּֽוֹיִם־go.yim-H1471beforeמִפָּנֶ֡יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440thee, theHittiteהַֽחִתִּי֩ha.chi.TiH2850, and theGirgashiteוְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֨יve.ha.gir.ga.ShiH1622, and theAmoriteוְהָאֱמֹרִ֜יve.ha.'e.mo.RiH567, and theCanaaniteוְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֣יve.ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669, and thePerizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּ֗יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522, and theHiviteוְהַֽחִוִּי֙ve.ha.chi.ViH2340, and theJebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִ֔יve.hay.vu.SiH2983,sevenשִׁבְעָ֣הshiv.'AhH7651nationsגוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471greaterרַבִּ֥יםra.BimH7227andmightierוַעֲצוּמִ֖יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099thanH4480thou;

2and when theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shalldeliverH5414themupH5414beforeלְפָנֶ֖יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee, and thou shaltsmiteוְהִכִּיתָ֑םve.hi.ki.TamH5221them; then thou shalt utterlydestroyH2763them; thou shaltmakeH5414noלֹא־lo'-H3808covenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285with them,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shewmercyתְחָנֵּֽם׃te.cha.NemH2603unto them:

3neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shalt thoumakeH5414marriages with them; thydaughterבִּתְּךָ֙bi.te.KhaH1323thou shaltnotלֹא־lo'-H3808giveתִתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414unto hissonלִבְנ֔וֹliv.NoH1121,norלֹא־lo'-H3808hisdaughterוּבִתּ֖וֹu.vi.ToH1323shalt thoutakeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947unto thysonלִבְנֶֽךָ׃liv.Ne.khaH1121.

4For he willturnיָסִ֤ירya.SirH5493awayH5493thysonבִּנְךָ֙bin.KhaH1121fromfollowingH310meH310, that they mayserveוְעָבְד֖וּve.'a.ve.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430:soH3588will theangerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068bekindledH2734againstH2734youH3588, and he willdestroyוְהִשְׁמִידְךָ֖ve.hish.mi.de.KhaH8045theequicklyמַהֵֽר׃ma.HerH4118.

5Butthusכֹּ֤הkohH3541shall yedealתַעֲשׂוּ֙ta.'a.SuH6213with them; ye shallbreakH7665downH5422theiraltarsמִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣םmiz.be.cho.tei.HemH4196, and dash inpiecesH7665theirpillarsוּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖םu.ma.tze.vo.TamH4676, andhewתְּגַדֵּע֔וּןte.ga.de.'UnH1438downתִּתֹּ֔צוּti.To.tzuH5422theirAsherimוַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙va.'a.shei.re.HemH842, andburnתִּשְׂרְפ֥וּןtis.re.FunH8313theirgravenH6456imagesH6456withfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

6For thou art anholyקָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.VoshH6918peopleעַ֤ם'amH5971unto theLORDלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430: theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathchosenבָּחַ֣ר׀ba.CharH977thee to be a peculiarpeopleלְעַ֣םle.'AmH5971untohimselfH6440,aboveH5921allמִכֹּל֙mi.KolH3605peoplesהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971that areuponH5921thefaceH6440of theearthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ סha.'a.da.MahH127.

7TheLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068didH3808notH3808set his love uponyouH859,norH3808chooseוַיִּבְחַ֣רvai.yiv.CharH977youH859,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588ye weremoreH7230innumberH7230thanH3808anyמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605peopleהָֽעַמִּ֗יםha.'a.MimH5971; for ye were thefewestהַמְעַ֖טham.'AtH4592ofallמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605peoplesהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971:

8butbecauseH3588theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068lovethyouH834, andbecauseH3588he wouldkeepוּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּu.mi.sha.me.RoH8104theoathהַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ha.she.vu.'AhH7621whichH834he sware unto yourfathersלַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םla.'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1, hath theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068broughtH3318youH834outH3318with amightyחֲזָקָ֑הcha.za.KahH2389handבְּיָ֣דbe.YadH3027, andredeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֙vai.yif.de.KhaH6299youH834outH3318of thehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofbondageעֲבָדִ֔ים'a.va.DimH5650, from thehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֥הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

9Knowוְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ve.Ya.da'.taH3045therefore that theLORDH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, he isGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430; thefaithfulהַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ןha.ne.'e.ManH539GodH430,whichה֣וּאhu'H1931keepethcovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285andmercyH3068with them thatloveלְאֹהֲבָ֛יוle.'o.ha.VavH157him andkeepH8104hiscommandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֖יוmitz.vo.tovH4687to athousandלְאֶ֥לֶףle.'E.lefH505generationsדּֽוֹר׃DorH1755;

10and repayeth them thathateH8130him to theirfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440, todestroyלְהַאֲבִיד֑וֹle.ha.'a.vi.DoH6them: he willnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808be slack to him that hateth him, he willrepayH7999him to hisfaceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440.

11Thou shalt thereforekeepוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֨ve.sha.mar.TaH8104thecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֜הha.mitz.VahH4687, and thestatutesהַֽחֻקִּ֣יםha.chu.KimH2706, and thejudgmentsהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗יםha.mish.pa.TimH4941,whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834Icommandמְצַוְּךָ֛me.tza.ve.KhaH6680thee thisdayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117, todoלַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם׃ פla.'a.so.TamH6213them.

12And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961,becauseH834ye hearken totheseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428judgmentsהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ha.mish.pa.TimH4941, andkeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םu.she.mar.TemH8104, anddoוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.TemH6213them, that theLORDH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallkeepוְשָׁמַר֩ve.sha.MarH8104with thee thecovenantהַבְּרִית֙ha.be.RitH1285and themercyH3068whichH834he sware unto thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1:

13and he willloveוַאֲהֵ֣בְךָ֔va.'a.He.ve.khaH157thee, andblessוּבֵרַכְךָ֖u.ve.rakh.KhaH1288thee, andmultiplyH7235thee: he will alsoblessוּבֵרַ֣ךְu.ve.RakhH1288thefruitפְּרִֽי־pe.ri-H6529of thybodyבִטְנְךָ֣vit.ne.KhaH990and thefruitוּפְרִֽי־u.fe.ri-H6529of thygroundאַ֠דְמָתֶךָ'Ad.ma.te.khaH127, thy corn and thywineוְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ve.ti.ro.she.KhaH8492and thineoilוְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323, theincreaseוְהִרְבֶּ֑ךָve.hir.Be.khaH7235of thy kine and theyoungוְעַשְׁתְּרֹ֣תve.'ash.te.RotH6251of thyflockצֹאנֶ֔ךָtzo.Ne.khaH6629, in thelandהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he sware unto thyfathersלַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָla.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1togiveלָ֥תֶתLa.tetH5414thee.

14Thou shalt beblessedבָּר֥וּךְba.RukhH1288aboveallH3605peoplesהָעַמִּ֑יםha.'a.MimH5971: there shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808be male or femalebarrenH6135amongyouH3605, or among yourcattleוּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ׃u.viv.hem.Te.khaH929.

15And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068willtakeH5493awayH5493from theeallH3605sicknessחֹ֑לִיCho.liH2483; and he willputH5414noneלֹ֤אlo'H3808of theevilהָרָעִ֜יםha.ra.'ImH7451diseasesמַדְוֵי֩mad.VeiH4064ofEgyptמִצְרַ֨יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thou knowest,uponH7760thee, but willlayH5414themuponH7760allH3605them thathateשֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃so.ne.'Ei.khaH8130thee.

16And thou shaltconsumeוְאָכַלְתָּ֣ve.'a.khal.TaH398allכָּל־kol-H3605thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֗יםha.'a.MimH5971whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shalldeliverנֹתֵ֣ןno.TenH5414unto thee; thineeyeעֵֽינְךָ֖'ei.ne.KhaH5869shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808pityתָחֹ֥סta.ChosH2347them:neitherוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808shalt thouserveתַעֲבֹד֙ta.'a.VodH5647theirgodsאֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.HemH430; for that will be asnareמוֹקֵ֥שׁmo.KeshH4170unto thee.

17Ifכִּ֤יkiH3588thou shaltsayתֹאמַר֙to.MarH559in thineheartבִּלְבָ֣בְךָ֔bil.Va.ve.khaH3824,Theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471aremoreמִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.niH4480thanH4480I;howאֵיכָ֥ה'ei.KhahH349canאוּכַ֖ל'u.KhalH3201Idispossessלְהוֹרִישָֽׁם׃le.ho.ri.ShamH3423them?

18thou shaltnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808beafraidתִירָ֖אti.Ra'H3372of them: thou shaltwellH834rememberH2142whatH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430didעָשָׂה֙'a.SahH6213untoPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֖הle.far.'OhH6547, and untoallוּלְכָל־u.le.khol-H3605Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714;

19thegreatהַגְּדֹלֹ֜תha.ge.do.LotH1419temptationswhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thineeyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869sawרָא֣וּra.'UH7200, and thesignsוְהָאֹתֹ֤תve.ha.'o.TotH226, and thewondersוְהַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ve.ha.mo.fe.TimH4159, and themightyהַחֲזָקָה֙ha.cha.za.KahH2389handוְהַיָּ֤דve.hai.YadH3027, and thestretchedהַנְּטוּיָ֔הha.ne.tu.YahH5186outH3318armוְהַזְּרֹ֣עַve.ha.ze.Ro.a'H2220,wherebyאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430broughtH3318theeoutH3318:soכֵּֽן־ken-H3651shall theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430doיַעֲשֶׂ֞הya.'a.SehH6213untoallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thepeoplesהָ֣עַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971ofwhomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou artafraidיָרֵ֖אya.Re'H3373.

20Moreoverוְגַם֙ve.GamH1571theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430willsendיְשַׁלַּ֛חye.sha.LachH7971thehornetהַצִּרְעָ֔הha.tzir.'AhH6880among them,untilעַד־'ad-H5704they that areleftהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֛יםha.nish.'a.RimH7604, andhideוְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖יםve.ha.nis.ta.RimH5641themselves,perishאֲבֹ֗ד'a.VodH6frombeforeמִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃mi.pa.Nei.khaH6440thee.

21Thou shaltnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808be affrighted at them: for theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is in themidstבְּקִרְבֶּ֔ךָbe.kir.Be.chaH7130of thee, agreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419GodH430and a terrible.

22And theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will castoutH6440thoseH5921nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471beforeH6440thee bylittleמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592andlittleמְעָ֑טme.'AtH4592: thou mayestnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808consumeכַּלֹּתָ֣םka.lo.TamH3615them at once,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thebeastsחַיַּ֥תchai.YatH2416of thefieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704increaseתִּרְבֶּ֥הtir.BehH7235uponH5921thee.

23But theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shalldeliverוּנְתָנָ֛םu.ne.ta.NamH5414themupH5704beforeלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee, and shall discomfit them with agreatגְדֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419discomfiture,untilH5704they bedestroyedהִשָּׁמְדָֽם׃hi.sha.me.DamH8045.

24And he shalldeliverH5414theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428intoH376thinehandבְּיָדֶ֔ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027, and thou shaltmakeH5414theirnameשְׁמָ֔םshe.MamH8034toperishוְהַאֲבַדְתָּ֣ve.ha.'a.vad.TaH6fromunderמִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478heavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064: there shallnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808manH376beableH3027tostandיִתְיַצֵּ֥בyit.ya.TzevH3320beforeבְּפָנֶ֔יךָbe.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee,untilעַ֥ד'adH5704thou havedestroyedהִשְׁמִֽדְךָ֖hish.mid.KhaH8045them.

25ThegravenH6456imagesH6456of theirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430shall yeburnתִּשְׂרְפ֣וּןtis.re.FunH8313withfireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784: thou shaltnotH3808covetתַחְמֹד֩tach.ModH2530thesilverכֶּ֨סֶףKe.sefH3701or thegoldוְזָהָ֤בve.za.HavH2091that is on them,norH3808takeוְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.TaH3947it unto thee,lestפֶּ֚ןpenH6435thou besnaredתִּוָּקֵ֣שׁti.va.KeshH3369therein: for it is anabominationתוֹעֲבַ֛תto.'a.VatH8441to theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430:

26and thou shaltnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808bringתָבִ֤יאta.Vi'H935anabominationתֽוֹעֵבָה֙to.'e.VahH8441intoאֶל־'el-H413thinehouseבֵּיתֶ֔ךָbei.Te.khaH1004, andbecomeוְהָיִ֥יתָve.ha.Yi.taH1961adevotedחֵ֖רֶםChe.remH2764thingH8441like unto it: thou shaltutterlyH8581detestH8262it, and thou shaltutterlyH8581abhorH8581it; for it is adevotedחֵ֥רֶםChe.remH2764thingH8441.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7

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