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Deuteronomy 7:2

and 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.

Deuteronomy 7:2 BSB
  1. a Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also twice in verse 26.
  2. b Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant.

Deuteronomy 7:2 has 29 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 23:32–33 (7 votes) and Judges 2:2 (7 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 14 to 2 Corinthians 6.

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Which verses does Deuteronomy 7:2 point to?

The 20 strongest of 29, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Exodus 23:32–337 votes

    You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

  2. Judges 2:27 votes

    and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

  3. Deuteronomy 20:16–174 votes

    However, 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. For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,

  4. Leviticus 27:28–293 votes

    Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD. No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.

  5. Deuteronomy 23:143 votes

    For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

  6. Joshua 2:143 votes

    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

  7. Joshua 10:303 votes

    And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  8. Joshua 11:11–123 votes

    The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself. Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

  9. Genesis 14:202 votes

    and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

  10. Exodus 34:12–162 votes

    Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles. …

  11. Numbers 33:522 votes
  12. Deuteronomy 3:32 votes
  13. Deuteronomy 7:23–242 votes

    But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed. He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

  14. Deuteronomy 13:82 votes

    you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

  15. Deuteronomy 20:10–112 votes
  16. Joshua 6:17–252 votes

    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent. But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it. …

  17. Joshua 8:242 votes
  18. Joshua 9:18–212 votes
  19. Joshua 9:242 votes
  20. Joshua 10:24–252 votes

    When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks. “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”

Which verses point to Deuteronomy 7:2?

The 10 strongest of 48.