Exo 22:20, Lev 27:21, Num 21:2-3, Deu 7:1-2, 13:15-16, 20:16-17, 25:19 | TSK | STEP

and they utterly.{Wyyacharem,} rather with the LXX. [kai anethematisen,] "and they anathematised, or devoted them to destruction;" for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua. (Jos 12:14.)

the name.

14:45; De 1:44; 1Sa 30:30{Hormah,} that is, utter destruction. {Chormah,} rather a devoting to destruction: so LXX. [Anathema,] and Tremellius, {devotio sive anathema.}

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

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

deliver.

23,24; 3:3; 23:14; Ge 14:20; Jos 10:24,25,30,32,42; 21:44; Jud 1:4

utterly.

20:16,17; Le 27:28,29; Nu 33:52; Jos 6:17-25; 8:24; 9:24; 10:28,40

Jos 11:11,12

make no.

20:10,11; Ex 23:32,33; 34:12-16; Jos 2:14; 9:18-21; Jud 1:24; 2:2

2Sa 21:2