Deuteronomy:7:1-9
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When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it ,
and hath cast out many nations before thee ,
the Hittites ,
and the Girgashites ,
and the Amorites ,
and the Canaanites ,
and the Perizzites ,
and the Hivites ,
and the Jebusites ,
seven nations greater and mightier than thou ;
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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 :
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Neither shalt thou make marriages with them ;
thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son ,
nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son .
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For they will turn away thy son from following me ,
that they may serve other gods :
so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you ,
and destroy thee suddenly .
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But thus shall ye deal with them ;
ye shall destroy their altars ,
and break down their images ,
and cut down their groves ,
and burn their graven images with fire .
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For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God :
the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself ,
above all people that are upon the face of the earth .
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The LORD did not set his love upon you ,
nor choose you ,
because ye were more in number than any people ;
for ye were the fewest of all people :
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But because the LORD loved you ,
and because 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 .
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Know therefore that the LORD thy God ,
he is God ,
the faithful God ,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations ;