Psalms 106:34
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
BSB
ASV
They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,
KJV
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
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But the way of sin is down-hill; omissions make way for commissions; when they neglect to destroy the heathen the next news we hear is, They were mingled among the heathen, made leagues with them and contracted an intimacy with them, so that they learned their works,
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Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
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Deuteronomy 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
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You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
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Judges 1:21The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
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But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.