Deuteronomy 7:19

_IF THOU SHALT SAY IN THINE HEART, THESE NATIONS ARE MORE THAN I; HOW CAN I DISPOSSESS THEM?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

12-26 We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies, thoroughly to mortify the sin of our souls; which is our rule of duty. Yet sin is never totally destroyed in this world; and it actually prevails in us much more than it would do, if we were watchful and diligent. In all this the Lord acts according to the counsel of his own will; but that counsel being hid from us, forms no excuse for our sloth and negligence, of which it is in no degree the cause. We must not think, that because the deliverance of the church, and the destruction...

EXPOSITION ENTIRE SEPARATION FROM IDOLATROUS NATIONS ENJOINED. DEUTERONOMY 7:1 The Israelites were about to enter on a country occupied by idolaters, and they are commanded not to spare them or to allow them to continue in their proximity, or to have any friendly relations with them (cf. Leviticus 27:28). The Lord would cast out these nations, and deliver them, though greater and mightier than they, into their hands; and they were to smite them and place them under the ban; they were to make no covenant with them nor form any alliances with them (cf. Exodus 23:32;...

THE GREAT TEMPTATIONS WHICH THINE EYES SAW, AND THE SIGNS, AND THE WONDERS,.... The miracles wrought in Egypt; see Deuteronomy 4:34 AND THE MIGHTY HAND, AND STRETCHED OUT ARM, WHEREBY THE LORD THY GOD BROUGHT THEE OUT; that is, out of Egypt, which was an instance and proof of his almighty power: SO SHALL THE LORD THY GOD DO UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE OF WHOM THOU ART AFRAID; not perform the same miraculous operations among them, but exert the same power in the destruction of them, and in dispossessing them of their land, as in destroying the Egyptians, and delivering Israel from among them....

3. THE POSSESSION OF THE LAND AND THEIR SEPARATION CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The command to destroy the Canaanites (Deuteronomy 7:1)_ 2. The command to destroy their idolatry (Deuteronomy 7:5) 3. The promise of blessing and help (Deuteronomy 7:12) Seven nations are mentioned as occupying the land, which God gave to Israel. These nations were steeped in the most awful licentiousness and practised the vilest abominations. There are different reasons to believe that Satan possessed them in a peculiar manner. God had tolerated these nations for many centuries. He waited in His mercy before the sword of justice was unsheathed. The measure of their wickedness was now full, the time f

DEUTERONOMY 7:6 gives reasons why Israel ought to serve Yahweh. Deuteronomy 7:9. Render, know therefore that Yahweh thy God is the (_i.e._ the true, see Deuteronomy 4:35) God, the faithful God, one who keeps His covenant to show lovingkindness to. them, etc. Deuteronomy 7:10. Note the individualism of Dt. (see Deuteronomy 21:1 *). Deuteronomy 7:13. corn. wine (fresh made wine) and fresh (oliv

TEMPTATIONS. trials, as manifested in Jehovah's wonderful works....

_temptations … signs … wonders_ See on Deuteronomy 4:34. _which thine eyes saw_ Deuteronomy 4:9. _mighty hand, and … stretched out arm_ See on Deuteronomy 4:34....

_VER._ 19. _THE GREAT TEMPTATIONS_— Or, _The great trials._...

b. DIFFICULTIES OF THE HOLY WAR (Deuteronomy 7:17-26) 17 If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? 18 thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 19 the great trials which thine _eyes_ saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid. 20 Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible. 22 And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the