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Deuteronomy 20:17

King James Version (KJV)

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Deuteronomy 20:17

Verse 17 of 20

Scripture focus

But thou shalt utterly destroy them; [namely], the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

Deuteronomy 20:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:17

Theological / Devotional

Utterly destroy. Literally, “dedicate,” that is, to destruction.

Hittites. Compare Deut. 7:1 and Joshua 24:11, where seven nations are enumerated, not six. Here, the Girgashites are omitted.

Commanded thee. See chs. 7:2; cf. the instructions recorded in Ex. 23:31-33.

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