Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. I wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with parallel scriptures, the more difficult terms in each verse are explained, seeming contradictions reconciled, questions and doubts resolved, and the whole text opened / by the late reverend and learned divine Mr. Matthew Poole.

CHAP. VII.

1 WHen the * 1.1 LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou go∣est to possess it, and hath cast out ma∣ny nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girga∣shite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, se∣ven Nations a 1.2 greater and mightier than thou:

2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them, and * 1.3 utterly destroy them, * 1.4 thou shalt † 1.5 make no covenant with them b 1.6, nor shew mercy unto them.

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter thou shalt not take to thy son.

4 For they will turn away thy son from fol∣lowing me, that they may serve other gods c 1.7: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall * 1.8 destroy their altars, and break down their † 1.9 images, and cut down their groves d 1.10, and burn their graven images with fire.

6 * 1.11 For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God: * 1.12 the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were moe in number than any people: (for ye were the sewest of all peo∣ple e 1.13.)

8 But because the LORD loved you f 1.14, and be∣cause he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt.

9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God g 1.15, * 1.16 which keepeth co∣venant and mercy with them that love him, and keep his commandments, to a thousand generati∣ons:

10 And repayeth them that hate him h 1.17, to their face i 1.18, to destroy them: he will not be slack k 1.19 to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

11 Thou shalt therefore keep the command∣ments, and the statutes, and the judgments which I command thee this day, to do them.

12 * 1.20 Wherefore it shall come to pass, † 1.21 if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy l 1.22 which he sware un∣to thy fathers.

13 And he will love thee m 1.23, and bless thee, and multiply thee, he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oyl, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: * 1.24 there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattel.

15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the * 1.25 evil dis∣eases of Egypt n 1.26, (which thou knowest) upon thee, but will lay them all upon them that hate thee.

16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God † 1.27 shall deliver thee, thine eye shall have no pity upon them, neither shalt thou serve their Gods, for that will be a * 1.28 snare o 1.29 unto thee.

17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nati∣on are more than I, how can I dispossess them?

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember p 1.30 what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

19 * 1.31 The great temptations q 1.32 which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid r 1.33

20 * 1.34 Moreover, the LORD thy God will send the hornet s 1.35 among them, until they that are lest and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God, and terrible.

22 And the LORD thy God will † 1.36 put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once t 1.37, lest the beast of the field increase upon thee.

23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them † 1.38 unto thee, and shall destroy them with a migh∣ty destruction, until they be destroyed.

24 And * 1.39 he shall deliver their Kings into thi•…•…e hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them u 1.40.

25 The graven images of their gods * 1.41 shall ye burn with fire: thou * 1.42 shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them x 1.43, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be * 1.44 snared therein: for it is an abomina∣tion to the LORD thy God.

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination in∣to thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing y 1.45 like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt ut∣terly ab•…•…or it: for * 1.46 it is a cursed thing.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 31. 3.
• a 1.2

  There were ten in Gen. 15. 19. But this being some hun∣dreds of years after that it is not strange if three of them were either destroyed by Forreign or Domestick wars, or by •…•…∣tion and marriage united with, and swallowed up in some of the rest,
• * 1.3

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 33. 52.
• * 1.4

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 1•…•…. & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 10. 28, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 11. 11▪ 12
• † 1.5

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. •…•…3. 32. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 1•…•…, 15. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Josh. 2. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 9. 15. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 1. 24.
• b 1.6

  To spare them, or permit them to dwell with thee in the land. Other Nations had more favour, but these were for their great wickedness, and for the good of Israel devoted to utter destruction.
• c 1.7

  i. e. There is manifest danger of Apostacy and Idolatry from such matches. Which reason doth both limit the Law to such of these as were unconverted, otherwise Salmon marryed 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Mat. 1. 5. and enlarge it to other Idolatrous Nations, as appears from 1 King. 11. 2. Ezra. 9. 2. Neb. 13. 23.
• * 1.8

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 23. 24.
• † 1.9

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• d 1.10

  Which Idolaters planted about the Temples and Altars of their Gods. Hereby God designed to take away whatsoever might bring their Idolatry to remembrance, or occasion the re∣viving of it.
• * 1.11

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 14. 2. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 19.
• * 1.12

  Exod. 1•…•…. 5. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 3. 2. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 2. 9.
• e 1.13

  To wit, at that time when God first declared his love to you, and choice of you for his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 people, which was done to Abraham For 〈◊〉〈◊〉 had but one Son concerned in this choice and covenant, to wit, 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ and that was in his hun∣dredth year; and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was 60 years old ere he had a Child▪ and then had onely two Children; and though Jacob had 12 Sons, yet it was a long time ere they made any considerable increase. Nor do we read of any great multiplication of them till after 〈◊〉〈◊〉 death, Exod. 1. 6, •…•….
• f 1.14

  i. e. Because it pleased him to love you▪ it was his free choice, without any cause or motive on your part. Compare Deut. 10. 15. 1 Sam. 12. 22. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 44. 3.
• g 1.15

  True to his word, and constant in performing all his pro∣mises.
• * 1.16

  Exod. 20. 6.
• h 1.17

  Not onely those who hate him directly and properly, (for so did few or none of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to whom he here speaks,) but those who hate him by construction and consequence, those who hate and oppose his People, and Word, and Image, those who presumptuously and wilfully persist in the breach of Gods Commandements, as appears from v. 9. where the love of God, to which this hatred is opposite, is described and expressed by the keeping of his commandements.
• i 1.18

  i. e. Openly, and so as they shall see it, and not be able to avoid it.
• k 1.19

  To wit, so as some 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 slackness, 2 Pet. 3. 9. so as to delay it beyond the fit time or season for vengeance, yet withal he is long-suffering, and slow to anger, as that and other places inform us.
• * 1.20

  Lev. 2•…•…. 3. chap. 28. 1.
• † 1.21

  Heb. because.
• l 1.22

  i. e. The Covenant of Mercy or Grace, which he out of his own meer grace made with them. A figure called 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• m 1.23

  He will continue to love thee, and to manifest his love to thee, he will not repent of his love to thee.
• * 1.24

  Exod. 23. 26, &c.
• * 1.25

  Exod. 9. 14▪ and 15. 26.
• n 1.26

  Such as the Aegyptians were infested with, either commonly, as that 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Deut. 28. 2•…•…. or miraculously and extraordinarily from the hand of the Lord, as Exod. 9. 10, 15. Compare Exod. 23. 25. Psal. 105. 37.
• † 1.27

  Heb. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.28

  Exod. 23. 33.
• o 1.29

  〈…〉〈…〉
• p 1.30

  Heb. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ i. •…•…. remember it frequently, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and for thy encouragement, for men are said to forget those things which they do not remember to good purpose.
• * 1.31

  chap. 4. •…•…4. and 29. 3.
• q 1.32

  The Tryals and Exercises of thy Faith and Obedience to my call and commands.
• r 1.33

  So as he did to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and his peo∣ple, mentioned, •…•…. 1•…•….
• * 1.34

  Exod. 23. 28. Josh. 24. 12.
• s 1.35

  Of which see on Exod. 23. 28.
• † 1.36

  Heb. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 off.
• t 1.37

  Or, Thou shalt not be able to conf•…•…e them at once, i. e. in an in∣stant. I will not assist thee with my omnipotency, to crush them in a moment, but will bless thee in the use of ordinary 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ and destroy them successively by several battles.
• † 1.38

  Heb 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.39

  Josh. 12. 1.
• u 1.40

  This promise is made upon condition of their performance of their duty, which they neglecting, they justly lose the be∣nefit of it, as we see, Iudg. 2. 1, 2, 3.
• * 1.41

  chap. 12. 3. Exod. 32. 20.
• * 1.42

  Josh. 7. 1, 21.
• x 1.43

  Wherewith the Idols are covered or a lorned, nor conse∣•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 other 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their ornaments. This he commands to sh•…•… his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Idol•…•…ry, and to cut off all occasions of i•…•….
• * 1.44

  Psa. 106. 36.
• y 1.45

  i. e. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉, as that was. See Ios. 7. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• * 1.46

  chap. 13. 17. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 27. 23.