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Deuteronomy Chapter 7

From: Notes and Comments 2

By: John Nelson Darby

Deuteronomy 7

In this chapter we have the consecration of the people to God.

Not to lose sight of it, I mark that the infidel argument from this chapter and Ezra 9:11¹¹Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. (Ezra 9:11) is wholly without force, and, as usual, superficial. The same language as that of this chapter is found in Ex. 34:12-17¹²Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: ¹³But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: ¹⁴For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: ¹⁵Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; ¹⁶And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. ¹⁷Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (Exodus 34:12‑17). The use of the word "prophets" proves nothing at all—Abraham was a prophet; and Ezra in this verse speaks of their then going into the land when the prophet spoke, and so said "by the prophet speaking." All the objections are nonsense and worse.

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Notes and Comments 2

• Deuteronomy Chapter 1

• Deuteronomy Chapter 2

• Deuteronomy Chapter 3

• Deuteronomy Chapter 4

• Deuteronomy Chapter 5

• Deuteronomy Chapter 7

• Deuteronomy Chapter 8

• Deuteronomy Chapter 9

• Deuteronomy Chapter 10

• Deuteronomy Chapter 12

• Deuteronomy Chapter 14

• Deuteronomy Chapter 16

• Deuteronomy Chapter 26

• Deuteronomy Chapter 27

• Deuteronomy Chapters 27, 28

• Deuteronomy Chapter 29

• Deuteronomy Chapter 31

• Deuteronomy Chapter 32

• Red Sea and Jordan, The

• Joshua Chapter 1

• Joshua Chapter 3

• Joshua Chapter 4

• Joshua Chapter 5

• Joshua Chapter 10

• Joshua Chapter 14

• Joshua Chapter 24

• Table of the Lord, The

• Joys of Christ, The