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Deuteronomy 7:1

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the Lord: Deuteronomy 4:38, Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 6:19, Deuteronomy 6:23, Deuteronomy 9:1, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 11:29, Deuteronomy 31:3, Deuteronomy 31:20; Exodus 6:8, Exodus 15:7; Numbers 14:31; Psalms 44:2-3, Psalms 78:55

the Hittites: With respect to the situation of these nations in the land of Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited Phoenecia; the Hittites, the mountains south of the promised land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards Hermon; the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of Gennesareth, the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites, the mountains west of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of Moab; and that the Perizzites were probably not a distinct nation, but villagers scattered through the country. Genesis 15:18-21; Exodus 23:28, Exodus 33:2

greater: Deuteronomy 4:38, Deuteronomy 4:1-3, Deuteronomy 20:1

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