Chapter 7

When the LORD thy God shall bring⁵⁵ thee into the land whither thou goest⁶ to possess² it, and hath cast out¹ many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver¹ them before thee; thou shalt smite⁵² them, [and] utterly⁵³ destroy⁵⁵ them; thou shalt make⁴ no covenant with them, nor shew mercy⁴ unto them:

Neither shalt thou make marriages¹⁰¹ with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give⁴ unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take⁴ unto thy son.

For they will turn away⁵⁵ thy son from following me, that they may serve¹ other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled¹ against you, and destroy⁵² thee suddenly.

But thus shall ye deal⁴ with them; ye shall destroy⁴ their altars, and break down¹⁷ their images, and cut down¹⁷ their groves, and burn⁴ their graven images with fire.

For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen¹ thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.

The LORD did not set his love¹ upon you, nor choose⁴ you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep² the oath which he had sworn⁸ unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out⁵² with a mighty hand, and redeemed⁴ you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Know¹ therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful¹² God, which keepeth⁶ covenant and mercy with them that love⁶ him and keep⁶ his commandments to a thousand generations;

And repayeth¹⁸ them that hate⁶ him to their face, to destroy⁵³ them: he will not be slack¹⁷ to him that hateth⁶ him, he will repay¹⁷ him to his face.

Thou shalt therefore keep¹ the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command¹⁸ thee this day, to do² them.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken⁴ to these judgments, and keep,¹ and do¹ them, that the LORD thy God shall keep¹ unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware⁸ unto thy fathers:

And he will love¹ thee, and bless¹⁴ thee, and multiply⁵² thee: he will also bless¹⁴ the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware⁸ unto thy fathers to give² thee.

Thou shalt be blessed⁷ above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

And the LORD will take away⁵² from thee all sickness, and will put⁴ none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest,¹ upon thee; but will lay¹ them upon all [them] that hate⁶ thee.

And thou shalt consume¹ all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver⁶ thee; thine eye shall have no pity⁴ upon them: neither shalt thou serve⁴ their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

If thou shalt say⁴ in thine heart, These nations [are] more than I; how can⁴ I dispossess⁵³ them?

Thou shalt not be afraid⁴ of them: [but] shalt well² remember⁴ what the LORD thy God did¹ unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

The great temptations which thine eyes saw,¹ and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out⁷ arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out:⁵² so shall the LORD thy God do⁴ unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

Moreover the LORD thy God will send¹⁷ the hornet among them, until they that are left,¹² and hide¹² themselves from thee, be destroyed.²

Thou shalt not be affrighted⁴ at them: for the LORD thy God [is] among you, a mighty God and terrible.¹²

And the LORD thy God will put out¹ those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest⁴ not consume¹⁵ them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase⁴ upon thee.

But the LORD thy God shall deliver¹ them unto thee, and shall destroy¹ them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.⁹

And he shall deliver¹ their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy⁵² their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand¹⁰¹ before thee, until thou have destroyed⁵³ them.

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn⁴ with fire: thou shalt not desire⁴ the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take¹ [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared¹¹ therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God.

Neither shalt thou bring⁵⁵ an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly¹⁵ detest¹⁷ it, and thou shalt utterly¹⁵ abhor¹⁷ it; for it [is] a cursed thing.