anyone pls explain about Deuteronomy 7?

Question

Deuteronomy 7

1When 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;

2And 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:

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

4For 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.

5But 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.

6For 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.

7The 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:

8But 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.

Answer 1

I haven't found anything in the Old Testament / Torah that says anything about peace and love and brotherhood between God's favorite people and the rest of the human race. It's all about killing and destroying and plundering the gentile nations, not about loving them. In the book of d'varim, for example, it states rather plainly that God has a favorite people, and do you think you can guess who they are?

Answer 2

It's simply stating to the Jews not to marry gentiles, and why.
And it's why we don't marry out today.
It's rather explicit-

If a Jew marries a non-Jew, the non-Jew will bring his/ her foreign idols, the 'other gods" that they serve, and gentile ideals into the home and defile it. Such relationships undermine the individuals and their spirituality as well as children born form the relationship and the greater community.

As for 5, Keep in mind it they were written down by HUMANS who were trying to make a point, that's why you don't see us running around destroying churches etc.
The law was given, and it needed to be communicated in a way that people would understand there were real consequences to not following it.
My guess is you realize that.

Answer 3

Are you referring to the genocide perhaps? The final passage tells the reader about God's intentions of making good His promise to Abraham, the father of the nation of Israel, by delivering His "chosen people" to the Promised Land.

A believer and follower of The Law does not question nor justify the actions of God, the Almighty Creator and our Heavenly Father. Praise be upon Him!

Peace be with you.

Answer 4

I don't know what more explanation you need. But here goes. God chose a certain people to be his people, not because they were large in number, but because they were small. He promised them a certain country which was populated by seven tribes of people who did not serve him. He told his chosen people to destroy them so they would not be a trap to his people, and cause them to stray.

I guess you have a problem with God doing with his creation what he seems fit. I like the fact that I serve a God who isn't afraid to be God.

Answer 5

It is a Commandment to obey and conquer and destroy the Canaanites and their culture. And if done completely as commanded a Blessing shall fall on an obiedient Israel

Answer 6

God wanted Isreal to be a stong nation and crossing into these other nations would weaken Isreal which is exactly what happened when Isreal disobeyed God. These laws were for Isreals benefit no one elses

Answer 7

Ancient Judaism, like most ancient religions, was a tribal religion. The god of the tribe supported the people in war, and was not merciful to the tribe's enemies.

Even Christianity, which nominally is a peaceful religion, was used to justify war against "God's enemies".

Answer 8

GOD is warning the Israelites to stay away from the surrounding nations because their influence would affect the holiness of this people.

GOD bless

Answer 9

Literally it's saying that God didn't choose Israel to be his chosen people because they were the most numerous people on Earth. And then verse 8 tells you why God did choose Israel.

Answer 10

I believe God was stressing to the believer to not fall into temptation of following the nations. Those nations mocked and rejected God, and tried to bring believers down with them.