Deuteronomychapter 7
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Original Language
Deuteronomy 7— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Deuteronomy 7. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
Weekly portion 45 of 54
וָאֶתְחַנַּן Va'etchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23 to 7:11
Read with it: Isaiah 40:1 to 40:26.
Weekly portion 46 of 54
עֵקֶב Eikev, Deuteronomy 7:12 to 11:25
Read with it: Isaiah 49:14 to 51:3.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Make no covenant; break down their altars1
Deuteronomy 7:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Deuteronomy 7:1
ונשל This is an expression denoting casting away, and throwing to a distance, and similar is, (Deuteronomy:5) “and the iron flies off" (ונשל).
Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934
Deuteronomy 7:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The fewest of peoples, and still loved6
Deuteronomy 7:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Blessing on womb, field, and flock12
Deuteronomy 7:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ramban on Deuteronomy 7:12
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS ‘EIKEV’ YE HEARKEN. Eikev means “because.” So also, ‘eikev’ ( because ) that Abraham hearkened to My voice. 1 Genesis:5.
Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
Deuteronomy 7:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ramban on Deuteronomy 7:13
The meaning thereof is that when you will observe the ordinances [i.e., the judgments] out of a love for G-d, He will love you as well.
Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
Deuteronomy 7:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Remember Pharaoh; do not fear these nations17
Deuteronomy 7:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:22· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:23· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:24· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:25· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Deuteronomy 7:26· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
