1; All communion with the nations is forbidden;
5; for fear of idolatry;
6; for the holiness of the people;
9; for the nature of God in his mercy and justice;
17; for the assuredness of victory which God will give over
them.
* the Lord.
# 4:38; 6:1,10,19,23; 9:1,4; 11:29; 31:3,20; Ex 6:8; 15:7; Nu 14:31|
# Ps 44:2,3; 78:55|
* the Hittites.
With respect to the situation of these nations in the land of
Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited
Phoenecia; the Hittites, the mountains south of the promised
land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards
Hermon; the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of
Gennesareth, the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites,
the mountains west of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of
Moab; and that the Perizzites were probably not a distinct
nation, but villagers scattered through the country.
# Ge 15:18-21; Ex 23:28; 33:2|
* greater.
# 4:38; 4:1-3; 20:1|
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