--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD thy God = Jehovah thy Elohim. nations . Ten altogether are mentioned by name, here seven only. Other lists name six. Girgashites generally om" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/deuteronomy/7" --- **the LORD thy God** = *Jehovah* thy *Elohim.* **nations** . Ten altogether are mentioned by name, here seven only. Other lists name six. Girgashites generally omitted. In the days of Ezra ([Deuteronomy 9:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/1) ) five were still in the land. In the Tel-el-Amarna Tablets eight are named. **destroy them** = devote them to destruction. Hebrew. *haram.* Compare [Exodus 23:24](../../../kjv/exodus/23/24) ; [Exodus 34:12-17](../../../kjv/exodus/34/12-17) , and see note on [Deuteronomy 7:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/16) . **Me.** The very words of Jehovah introduced. **they.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "he". **destroy** = cut off. Hebrew. *shamad.* **But** = But rather, or, Verily. **destroy** = break down. Hebrew. *nathaz.* **break down** = break into fragments. Hebrew. *shabab.* **burn** = burn up. **graven images** = sculptures. **holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) . **chosen.** This is the word emphasized by the Hebrew accent ( *pas* e *h)* , "thee hath Jehovah chosen". This is the basis of all else that is here stated. **special** = peculiar. See note on [Exodus 19:6](../../../kjv/exodus/19/6) , or "His people as a treasure". Compare [Deuteronomy 26:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/18) . [1 Peter 2:9](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/9) . **people.** Hebrew Peoples. **earth** = ground. **love** = affection. Hebrew. *hashak,* a love which joins one to what is loved = to set one's love upon. **loved.** Hebrew. *'ahab,* love in its highest sense, love that delights in its object. **bondmen.** Compare [Deuteronomy 5:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/6) , and [Exodus 20:2](../../../kjv/exodus/20/2) . **GOD** = ' *El* , the great and mighty God. See App-4 . **mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace. **commandments.** Hebrew text written singular, but read plural. **destroy** = cause them to perish. Hebrew. *'abad.* **He.** Some codices with one early printed edition, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and He", **and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ). **statutes, and the judgments.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/1) . **this day.** See note on [Deuteronomy 4:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/26) . **wine.** Hebrew. *tirosh.* See App-27 . **increase.** Hebrew. *sheger,* only here, [Deuteronomy 28:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/4) , [Deuteronomy 28:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/18) , [Deuteronomy 28:51](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/51) , and [Exodus 13:12](../../../kjv/exodus/13/12) ("cometh of ") in the sense of multiplying by generation. **flocks.** Only here, and [Deuteronomy 28:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/4) , [Deuteronomy 28:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/18) , [Deuteronomy 28:51](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/51) . These three words are peculiar to Deut. **barren.** Compare [Exodus 23:26](../../../kjv/exodus/23/26) . **diseases.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, Sept and Vulgate, read "disease". Compare Ex. [Deuteronomy 23:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/22) , [Deuteronomy 23:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/25) . **shalt consume.** This command never fully obeyed. Compare [Ezra 9:1](../../../kjv/ezra/9/1) , and see [Exodus 23:24](../../../kjv/exodus/23/24) , [Exodus 23:32](../../../kjv/exodus/23/32) ; [Exodus 34:12-17](../../../kjv/exodus/34/12-17) . **how . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* ( App-6 ). **temptations** = trials, as manifested in Jehovah's wonderful works. **hornet** = a fierce kind of wasp. May be taken literally or by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for the terror caused by it. Compare [Exodus 23:27](../../../kjv/exodus/23/27) , and [Deuteronomy 2:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/25) . Or, by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), for Egypt; the hornet being the royal symbol. Occurs three times. [Exodus 23:28](../../../kjv/exodus/23/28) and [Deuteronomy 7:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/20) , prophecy, and once fulfilment, [Joshua 24:12](../../../kjv/joshua/24/12) . **mighty** = great. **terrible** = to be feared. **before thee.** Hebrew "before thy face". **little by little:** referring to all the nations of Canaan. ([Exodus 23:29](../../../kjv/exodus/23/29) , [Exodus 23:30](../../../kjv/exodus/23/30) ). Compare [Deuteronomy 9:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/3) , "quickly", which refers to Israel and the "sons of Anak" ([Deuteronomy 9:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/2) ). **destroy** = discomfit. Hebrew. *hum,* to put in consternation. **destruction** = discomfiture. **destroyed** = exterminated. Hebrew. *shamad.* Compare [Deuteronomy 7:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/26) . **man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* See App-14 . **burn** = burn up. See App-43 . **a cursed thing.** Hebrew a thing devoted to destruction; Compare [Deuteronomy 13:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/17) . [Joshua 6:18](../../../kjv/joshua/6/18) . [Isaiah 34:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/34/5) ; [Isaiah 43:28](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/28) [Malachi 4:6](../../../kjv/malachi/4/6) . 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