Deuteronomy 20:16-17
King James Version
16 But of the cities of these people,
which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance,
thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them;
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites,
the Canaanites, and the Perizzites,
the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:
Now, we get to the "meat of the matter".
Why GOD wants the Canaanites destroyed.
Why He wants His house "cleared" of them.
SPIRIT and Scripture tell us why:
Deuteronomy 7:3-4
King James Version
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them;
thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son,
nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4 For they will turn away thy son from following me,
that they may serve other gods:
so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you,
and destroy thee suddenly.
Deuteronomy 7:5-6
King James Version
5 But thus shall ye deal with them;
ye shall destroy their altars,
and break down their images,
and cut down their groves,
and burn their graven images with fire.
6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God:
the Lord thy God hath chosen thee
to be a special people unto himself,
above all people
that are upon the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 7:9-11
King James Version
9 Know therefore
that the Lord thy God,
he is God,
the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy
with them that love him
and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;
10 And repayeth them
that hate him to their face,
to destroy them:
he will not be slack to him that hateth him,
he will repay him to his face.
11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments,
and the statutes,
and the judgments,
which I command thee this day,
to do them.
Deuteronomy 7:16
King James Version
16 And thou shalt consume all the people
which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee;
thine eye shall have no pity upon them:
neither shalt thou serve their gods;
for that will be a snare unto thee.
Deuteronomy 7:25
King James Version
25 The graven images of their gods
shall ye burn with fire:
thou shalt not desire the silver or gold
that is on them,
nor take it unto thee,
lest thou be snared therin:
for it is an abomination
to the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 7:26
King James Version
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination
into thine house,
lest thou be a cursed thing like it:
but thou shalt utterly detest it,
and thou shalt utterly abhor it;
for it is a cursed thing.
GOD hates idolatry.
Remember the LORD's commandments:
Exodus 20:1-2
King James Version
20 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the Lord thy God,
which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 20:3-4
King James Version
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth.
Exodus 20:5-6
King James Version
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,
nor serve them:
for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them
that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 20:7
King James Version
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless
that taketh his name in vain.
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