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Of the year of release;

DEUTERONOMY. set his name there, when the LORD thy 1451. God hath blessed thee:

Before CHRIST

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a Exod. 21. 2. & 23. 10, 11. Lev. 25. 2, 4. ch. 31. 10. Jer. 3414.

+ Heb master of the lending of his hand.

See ch. 23. 20.

Or, To the end that there be no poor among you.

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: "and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine houshold,

27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for "he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

29' And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which tho doest. CHAP. XV.

1 The seventh year a year of release for the poor. 7 It must be no let of lending or giving. 12 An Hebrew servant, 16 except he will not depart, must in the seventh year go forth free and well furnished. 19 All firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord.

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T the end of every seven years

A thou shalt make a release.

2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.

3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

4 || Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD ech. 28.8. thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

d ch. 28. 1.

44.

5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, ch. 28. 12, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not fch. 28. 13. borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

Prov. 22. 7.

7¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy F1 John 3. God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

and of an Hebrew servant.

Before CHRIST

8" But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him suffi- 1451. cient for his need, in that which he wanteth. h Lev. 25.359 Beware that there be not a thought Mat 5.42. in thy †wicked heart, saying, The seventh 35 year, the year of release, is at hand; and + Heb. Bethine eye be evil against thy poor brother, al. and thou givest him nought; and he cry 56. Prov. 23. unto the LORD against thee, and it be 6 28. 22. sin unto thee.

10 Thou shalt surely give him, and mthine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that "for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

+ Heb. word.

í ch. 28. 54,

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2. Lev. 25

12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew p Exod. 21. man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto 39. Jer. 31 thee, and serve thee six years; then in 14 the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

15 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou Prov. 10. shalt give unto him.

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16 And it shall be, 'if he say unto Exod. 21 thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double See Inai. 16. hired servant to thee, in serving thee six 14 & 21.16. years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

19 "All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy houshold.

21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill

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The feast of the passover.

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CHAP. XVI. XVII.

Of judges and justice.

Before

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blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto | daughter, and thy manservant, and thy CHRIST
the LORD thy God.
maidservant, and the Levite that is with-
in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fa-
therless, and the widow, that are among
you, in the place which the LORD thy God
hath chosen to place his name there.

22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

CHAP. XVI.

1 The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, 13 of
tabernacles. 16 Every male must offer, as
he is able, at these three feasts. 18' Of
judges and justice. 21 Groves and images
are forbidden.

OBSE

BSERVE the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD 4thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

‹ Exod. 12.

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2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the Numb. 28. flock and the herd, in the place which ch 12.5 the LORD shall choose to place his name there.

f Exod. 12. 15, 19, 39. &

3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread 17 with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

& Fixed. 13.

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4"And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; Fixed 12 neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not || sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:

1 Or, kill..

6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there Exod. 12. thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall 1 King choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

k Exod. 12. Ks Chron. 25 13

3. John a

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8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened "Radia bread: and "on the seventh day shall be Lee 238 a tsolemn assembly to the LORD thy

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God: thou shalt do no work therein. 9 "Seven weeks shalt thou number 16&3422 unto thee: begin to number the seven Numb weeks from such time as thou beginnest to 2 Acts 2 la put the sickle to the corn.

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tabernacles seven days, after that thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast,
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and
thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and
the Levite, the stranger, and the father-
less,and the widow,that are within thygates.
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a so- tlen 23-39,
lemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the
place which the LORD shall choose: be-
cause the LORD thy God shall bless thee
in all thine increase, and in all the works
of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely
rejoice.

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19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; 2, & Lev. 19. thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the || words of the righteous.

20+That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God+ giveth thee.

21 ¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Prov. 24. 23.
Exod. 23.

& Prov. 17.
23. Eccles.
7.7. Ecclus.

20.29.

ters.

Or, mat-
Heb. Jur-

tice, justice.
d Ezek. 18.

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1 The things sacrificed must be sound. 2 Idol-
aters must be slain. 8 Hard controversies
are to be determined by the priests and judges.
12 The contemner of that determination must
die. 14 The election, 16 and duty of a king.
NHOU shalt not sacrifice unto the Mali8, 13,

a ch. 15, 21.

T LORD thy God any bullock, or 14
sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evil. 1 Or, goat. ~
favouredness: for that is an abomination
unto the LORD thy God.

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2¶ If there be found among you, with b ch. 13. 6.

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h Numb. 35- 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or Matt. 18. 18. three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of 2 Cor. 13.1. death be put to death; but at the mouth of Hebr. 10. 28. one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So kver.12.ch thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

i ch. 13. 9. Acts 7.58,

19.

&

12 Chron. 19. 10. Hag.

7.

8 If there arise a matter too hard 2. 11. Mal. 2. for thee in judgment," between blood and m See Exod. blood, between plea and plea, and be21. 13, 20, 22, tween stroke and stroke, being matters of Numb. 35. controversy within thy gates: then shalt ch. 19. 4, 10, thou arise," and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

& 22. 2.

11, 16, 19.

11.

n eb. 12. 5. & 19. 17. Ps. 122.5.

• See Jer. 18. 18.

q 44.

24.

9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they Ezek shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

r Numb. 15. 30. Ezra 10.

+ Heb. not

11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

12 And the man that will do presump8. Hos. 4.4 tuously, and will not hearken unto the to hearken. priest that standeth to minister there bech. 18.5.7. fore the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

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The election and duty of a king.

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choose: one "from among thy brethren Before shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is 2 Jer. 30. 21. not thy brother.

26. & 10. 2,

b Isai. 31. 1.

16 But he shall not multiply "horses 1 Kings 4to himself, nor cause the people to re- 28. P. 20.7. turn to Egypt, to the end that he should Ezek. 17.15. multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD c Exod. 13. hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth 143,4 return no more that way.

17. Numb.

d ch. 28, 68.

Hos. 11.5

15.

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to See Jer. 42. himself, that his heart turn not away: See Kings neither shall he greatly multiply to him- 11.34. self silver and gold.

f 2 Kings 11.

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth up- 12. on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Le

ch.31.9

26. See 2 Kings 22.8.

Ps. 119. 97

vites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he h Josh. 1. 8. shall read therein all the days of his life: 98. that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

1 Kings 15

20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he 'turn notch. 5. 32. aside from the commandment, to the right s hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. CHAP. XVIII.

1 The Lord is the priests' and Levites' inheritance. 3 The priest's due. 8 The Levite's portion. 9 The abominations of the nations are to be avoided. 15 Christ the Prophet is to be heard. 20 The presumptuous prophet is to die.

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tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor so. HE priests the Levites, and all the inheritance with Israel: they shall eat ch. 10. 9. the offerings of the LORD made by fire, 8,9. 1 Cor. and his inheritance.

2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance,as he hath said unto them.

3¶ And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

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5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, 'to stand to mi- 10. nister in the name of the LORD, him and 17. 12. his sons for ever.

g Numb. 35

6 ¶ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he so- 2,3journed, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD h ch. 12.5shall choose;

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Christ the Prophet is to be heard.

CHAP. XIX. Before 8 They shall have like portions to 1451. eat, beside that which cometh of the ka Chron sale of his patrimony.

CHRIST

31.4 Neh. 12-44, 47

When thou art come into the land

+Heb. his which the LORD thy God giveth thee, sale by the Ithou shalt not learn to do after the aboLev. 1895,minations of those nations.

fathers.

27, 33. ch.12. 29.11.

10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter "to pass through the fire, " or Le, that useth divination, or an observer of 31. & 27. 13 times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

ch. 12 31.

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ch. 9. 10. Ed

19. Hebr. 12, 19.

a ch 5.98.

x. ver. 15. Joha 1. 45

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16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

17 And the LORD said unto me, "They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

18 I will raise them up a Prophet Acts 3 22 from among their brethren, like unto thee, Isa. 51. 16. and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

& John 4-25&8.28.&

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a Acts 2. 23.

8c2135 Jer. 14-14-15

19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

20 But the prophet which shall Zeb. 13. presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to Sch.131,2 speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

d Jer. 29.9.

22 When a prophet speaketh in the * See ch.13 name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it 'presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

I ver. 20.

CHAP. XIX.

The cities of refuge.

CHRIST

not to be removed. 15 Two witnesses at Before the least. 16 The punishment of a false 1451. witness.

the nations, whose land the HEN the LORD thy God hath cut a ch. 12. 29.

LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou +succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

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4 And this is the case of the slayer, Numb. 35. which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

+ Heb. from yesterday the

5 As when a man goeth into the wood third day. with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the thead slippeth + Heb. iron. from the +helve, and lighteth upon his Heb, wood. neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto th one of those cities, and live:

+ Heb. find

d Numb. 35

6 Lest the avenger of the blood pur- 12. sue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and †slay him; whereas he was not wor-Heb.smite thy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not tin time past.

him in life.

+ Heb. from yesterday the

7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, third day. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

e Gen. 15.18. ch. 12. 20.

9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then Josh. 20. 7, shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

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12, &c.

11 But if any man hate his neigh- Exod. 21. bour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up Numb. 3527. against him, and smite him mortally 24. Prov. 25. that he die, and fleeth into one of these Heb. in cities:

12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

h

17. life.

& 25. 12.

13 Thine eye shall not pity him, 'but hch. 13.8. thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent i Numb. 35. blood from Israel, that it may go well 3 kings 2. with thee.

31.

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Job 24. 2.

Hos. 5. 10.

14¶Thou shalt not remove thy neigh-ch. 27, 17. 1 The cities of refuge. 4 The privilege there-bour's landmark, which they of old time Prov. 22. 28. of for the manslayer. 14 The landmark is have set in thine inheritance, which thou

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16 ¶ If a false witness rise up against Or, falling any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

away.

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17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the ch. 179. LORD, "before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

o Prov. 19. 5.9. Dan. 6. 24. Hist.

Sus. 62.

p ch. 13.5. & 17.7. & 21. 21. & 22. 21, 24. & 24.

7.

9 ch. 17. 13. & 21. 21.

r ver. 13.

18 And the judges shall make diligent
inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be
a false witness, and hath testified falsely
against his brother;

19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he
had thought to have done unto his bro-
ther: so
shalt thou put the evil away
from

among you.

20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

21 And thine eye shall not pity; but Exod. 21. life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for 20. Matt. 5. tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

23. Lev. 24.

35.

a See Ps. 20.

7. Isai. 31. 1.

b Namb. 23. 8. 2 Chron.

21. ch. 31. 6, 13. 12. & 33. 7.8.

+ Heb. be tender.

Heb. make

haste.

c ch. 1. 30. Josh. 23. 10.

& 3. 22.

CHAP. XX.

1 The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle. 5 The officers' proclamation who are to be dismissed from the war. 10 How to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace. 16 What cities must be devoted. 19 Trees of man's meat must not be destroyed in the siege.

Wagainst thine enemies, and seest

HEN thou goest out to battle

horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts +faint, fear not, and do not + tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not 12. 27. Ps.30, a dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

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7. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, e ch. 24.5lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, 'What f Judg. 7. 3man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's + heart faint as well as + Heb. melt

his heart.

9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

+ Heb. to be in the head of

the people. Sam. 20

18, 20.

7.

13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt Numb. 31. smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

14 But the women, and the little ones, and 'the cattle, and all that is in the city, i Josh. 8.2. even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou +take +Heb. spoil. unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the kJosh. 22. &. spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

which the LORD thy God doth give thee 16 But 1of the cities of these people, 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:

18 That "they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye "sin against the LORD your God.

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