Deuteronomy 7

1 for to come (in): bring you LORD God your to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which you(m. s.) to come (in): come there [to] to/for to possess: take her and to slip nation many from face: before your [the] Hittite and [the] Girgashite and [the] Amorite and [the] Canaanite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite seven nation many and mighty from you

“Yahweh our God will bring you to the land that you will soon enter and occupy. As you advance, he will expel from that land seven people-groups that are more powerful and more numerous than you are. He will expel the Heth people-group, the Girgash people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.

2 and to give: give them LORD God your to/for face: before your and to smite them to devote/destroy to devote/destroy [obj] them not to cut: make(covenant) to/for them covenant and not be gracious them

When Yahweh our God enables you to defeat [DOU] them, you must kill all of them. You must not make (an alliance/a peace treaty) with any of them. You must not act mercifully toward them.

3 and not be related in/on/with them daughter your not to give: give to/for son: child his and daughter his not to take: take to/for son: child your

You must not marry any of them. You must not allow your daughters to marry any of their sons or allow your sons to marry any of their daughters.

4 for to turn aside: depart [obj] son: child your from after me and to serve: minister God another and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with you and to destroy you quickly

Because, if you did that, those people would cause your children to stop worshiping Yahweh and to worship other gods. If that happens, Yahweh will be very angry with you and he will get rid of you immediately.

5 for if: except thus to make: do to/for them altar their to tear and pillar their to break and Asherah their to cut down/off [emph?] and idol their to burn [emph?] in/on/with fire

This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their (altars/places for sacrificing animals), break apart the stone pillars [that are dedicated to their male god Baal], cut down the [poles that they use when they worship the goddess] Asherah, and burn their [wooden] idols.

6 for people holy you(m. s.) to/for LORD God your in/on/with you to choose LORD God your to/for to be to/for him to/for people possession from all [the] people which upon face: surface [the] land: planet

You must do that because you are a group of people who belong to Yahweh our God. He has chosen you from among all the people-groups in the world to be his own special people.

7 not from to multiply you from all [the] people to desire LORD in/on/with you and to choose in/on/with you for you(m. p.) [the] little from all [the] people

“It was not because you were more numerous than any other people-group that Yahweh preferred you; you are one of the smallest people-groups on the earth.

8 for from love LORD [obj] you (and from to keep: obey he *L(abh)*) [obj] [the] oath which to swear to/for father your to come out: send LORD [obj] you in/on/with hand: power strong and to ransom you from house: home servant/slave from hand: power Pharaoh king Egypt

Instead, it is because Yahweh loved you and because he wanted to do what he vowed to your ancestors. That is the reason that he rescued you by his great power [MTY], and freed you from being slaves [MTY] of the king of Egypt.

9 and to know for LORD God your he/she/it [the] God [the] God [the] be faithful to keep: obey [the] covenant and [the] kindness to/for to love: lover him and to/for to keep: obey (commandment his *Q(K)*) to/for thousand generation

So do not forget that Yahweh our God is the only/true God. He will do what he agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love (for 1,000 generations/forever) all those who love him and who obey his commandments.

10 and to complete to/for to hate him to(wards) face his to/for to perish him not to delay to/for to hate him to(wards) face his to complete to/for him

But for those who hate him, he will (pay them back/do to them what they deserve); he will punish them and quickly get rid of them.

11 and to keep: careful [obj] [the] commandment and [obj] [the] statute: decree and [obj] [the] justice: judgement which I to command you [the] day to/for to make: do them

“So you must be sure to obey all the commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.

12 and to be consequence to hear: hear [emph?] [obj] [the] justice: judgement [the] these and to keep: obey and to make: do [obj] them and to keep: obey LORD God your to/for you [obj] [the] covenant and [obj] [the] kindness which to swear to/for father your

If you heed these commands and obey them faithfully, Yahweh our God will do what he has agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love you, which is what he vowed to your ancestors that he would do.

13 and to love: lover you and to bless you and to multiply you and to bless fruit belly: womb your and fruit land: soil your grain your and new wine your and oil your offspring cattle your and young flock your upon [the] land: soil which to swear to/for father your to/for to give: give to/for you

He will love you and bless you. He will enable you to have many children [DOU]. He will bless your fields, with the result that you will have plenty of grain and [grapes to make] wine and plenty of [olive] oil. You will have many cattle and sheep. He will do all these things for you in the land that he promised to your ancestors that he would give to you.

14 to bless to be from all [the] people not to be in/on/with you barren and barren and in/on/with animal your

He will bless you more than he will bless any other people-group. All of you will be able to have/produce children [LIT]. All of your livestock will be able to produce offspring.

15 and to turn aside: remove LORD from you all sickness and all disease Egypt [the] bad: evil which to know not to set: put them in/on/with you and to give: put them in/on/with all to hate you

And Yahweh will protect you from all illnesses. You will not be afflicted with any of the dreadful diseases that [our ancestors knew about] in Egypt, but all your enemies will be inflicted with those diseases.

16 and to eat [obj] all [the] people which LORD God your to give: give to/for you not to pity eye your upon them and not to serve: minister [obj] God their for snare he/she/it to/for you

You must get rid of all the people-groups that Yahweh our God will enable you to conquer. Do not [SYN] act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods, because if you do that, it would be like falling into a trap [from which you will never be able to escape].

17 for to say in/on/with heart your many [the] nation [the] these from me how? be able to/for to possess: take them

“Do not think to yourselves, ‘These people-groups are more numerous/powerful than we are, so we certainly cannot [RHQ] expel them.’

18 not to fear from them to remember to remember [obj] which to make: do LORD God your to/for Pharaoh and to/for all Egypt

Do not be afraid of them. Instead, think about what Yahweh our God did to the king of Egypt and to all the people whom he [ruled].

19 [the] trial [the] great: large which to see: see eye your and [the] sign: miraculous and [the] wonder and [the] hand: power [the] strong and [the] arm [the] to stretch which to come out: send you LORD God your so to make: do LORD God your to/for all [the] people which you(m. s.) afraid from face of their

Do not forget the terrible plagues that your ancestors saw [Yahweh inflict on the people of Egypt], and the many [DOU] miracles [that he performed], and the very powerful [DOU, MTY] way by which he brought your ancestors out [of Egypt]. Yahweh our God will do the same kind of things to the people-groups that you are afraid of now.

20 and also [obj] [the] hornet to send: depart LORD God your in/on/with them till to perish [the] to remain and [the] to hide from face of your

Furthermore, he will cause them to become terrified, and he will destroy those who remain alive and run away to hide from you.

21 not to tremble from face of their for LORD God your in/on/with entrails: among your God great: large and to fear: revere

Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God will be with/among you. He is a great God; he is the one you should be afraid of.

22 and to slip LORD God your [obj] [the] nation [the] these from face: before your little little not be able to end: finish them quickly lest to multiply upon you living thing [the] land: wildlife

He will expel those people-groups gradually. You should not [try to] expel all of them at one time, because if you did that, the number of wild animals would quickly increase, [and you would not be able to get rid of them].

23 and to give: give them LORD God your to/for face: before your and to confuse them tumult great: large till to destroy they

Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies [one people-group at a time]. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed.

24 and to give: give king their in/on/with hand: power your and to perish [obj] name their from underneath: under [the] heaven not to stand man: anyone in/on/with face: before your till to destroy you [obj] them

He will enable you to defeat [IDM] their kings. After you kill them, their names will be forgotten {people will forget about them}. No people-group will be able to stop you; you will destroy all of them.

25 idol God their to burn [emph?] in/on/with fire not to desire silver: money and gold upon them and to take: take to/for you lest to snare in/on/with him for abomination LORD God your he/she/it

You must burn the wooden idols [that represent] their gods. Do not desire to take the silver or gold [decorations] that are on those idols, because if you take them for yourselves, they will be like a trap [to cause you to want to worship those idols]. Yahweh hates [the worship of those idols].

26 and not to come (in): bring abomination to(wards) house: home your and to be devoted thing like him to detest to detest him and to abhor to abhor him for devoted thing he/she/it

You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your houses, because if you do that, God will curse you like he curses them. You must hate and despise [DOU] those idols, because they are things that [Yahweh] has cursed.”