Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 7:2

2 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.

To spare them, or permit them to dwell with thee in the land. Other Nations had more favour, but these were for their great wickedness, and for the good of Israel devoted to utter destruction.

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