Deuteronomy 7:3
"and when the LORD your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them."
Key Reflection
This command reflects Israel's duty to fully obey God by completely destroying the Canaanite nations, symbolizing the eradication of spiritual and moral corruption. It underscores the necessity for total separation from false gods and ideologies to maintain covenant loyalty to Yahwe.
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