Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
Note d'étude
Study Note
The instruction to 'smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them' applies the cherem (total devotion/destruction) principle to the Canaanite nations, commanding complete separation rather than partial incorporation. Deuteronomy 7:3-4 immediately explains the rationale: intermarriage would lead to idolatry, which would provoke divine wrath — the prohibition is not ethnic but theological, protecting covenant integrity. The scholarly discussion of the cherem command involves whether it was literally enacted, idealised retrospectively, or primarily a theological boundary-marker — texts like Judges 1-2 show partial rather than total implementation. Paul's 'come out from among them' (2 Corinthians 6:17) and the Johannine 'love not the world' (1 John 2:15) apply the same separationist logic in non-violent metaphorical terms to the new-covenant community's relationship with idolatrous culture.
Autres traductions
and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;
and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them--thou dost utterly devote them--thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.
And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:
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