The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
- KJV And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
- NKJV The Lord will give them over to you, that you may do to them according to every commandment which I have commanded you.
- NASB The Lord will turn them over to you, and you will do to them in accordance with all the commandments which I have commanded you.
- NLT The Lord will hand over to you the people who live there, and you must deal with them as I have commanded you.
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Quick answer
Moses assures Israel that the LORD will hand over the Canaanite nations to them, and they are to act in obedience to all He has commanded. It matters because victory comes from God, but it is paired with faithful human obedience.
Overview
As Moses prepares Israel to enter Canaan without him, he reaffirms that conquest depends on Yahweh's prior deliverance rather than Israel's strength. The command to do 'according to all the commandment' ties the promise of victory to covenant obedience. This pattern of divine initiative met by faithful response runs throughout Scripture and is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who secures the victory we then live out in obedience.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Exod 23:32–33You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
- Deut 20:16–17However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- Deut 7:18But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
- Num 33:52–56you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- Exod 34:12–16Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
- Deut 7:23–25But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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