And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into, etc.] A formula partly derived from J (Exodus 13:5; Exodus 13:11, the land of the Canaanite), but varied by D, which adds thy Godand otherwise characteristically expands it. Similarly Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 11:29. See also Deuteronomy 4:38; Deuteronomy 6:23; Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 9:4; Deuteronomy 9:28; Deuteronomy 31:20-21.

which he sware Deuteronomy 1:8. Thus in the forefront of the warning not to yield to the worship of the gods of their new land the fact is emphasised in solemn phrases that it is Jehovah who brings them into it.

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