And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, and will inflict defeat upon them...

You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.(Deuteronomy 7:21) When Moses spoke these words, it was to a generation born of those who did not heed the message. By that I mean Israel traversed a vast wilderness for...

If you should say in your heart, "These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?" — you shall not be afraid of them, but you shall remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:17-18) It is an unfortunate truth, but...

Also you shall destroy all the peoples whom the Lord your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you. (Deuteronomy 7:16) This verse uses some pretty strong language in regard to the...

And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. (Deuteronomy 7:15) Sickness, as we know, is an unfortunate consequence of sin. All of...

He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. (Deuteronomy 7:13) In an agrarian...

Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you. (Deuteronomy 7:12-13) As...

Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you. (Deuteronomy 7:12-13) As...

The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you. (Deuteronomy 7:7-8) The Hebrew word typically translated as “love” is אהבה ahavah....

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 7:6) Rather than aligning themselves with the inhabitants of the land, which...

You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. (Deuteronomy 7:2-3) If Israel was not to make covenant with the nations in the...

You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. (Deuteronomy 7:2-3) There is a passage in Isaiah addressing the fact that certain...