Deuteronomy 12:29

When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, outlining covenant obligations immediately preceding their entry into Canaan.

The words — The text features יַכְרִית (yakh.Rit), literally "he will cut off," and הַגּוֹיִם (ha.go.Yim), meaning "the nations," describing the forced removal of the indigenous population.

The thread — The pattern of divine displacement and Israelite settlement appears in Joshua 23:4, Deuteronomy 19:1, and Exodus 23:23.

Why it lands — The passage requires readers to carry out the commanded expulsion of the current inhabitants and to strictly avoid inquiring about or adopting their religious practices.

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The Hebrew words

כִּֽי־ki-if יַכְרִית֩yakh.Rithe will cut off יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַגּוֹיִ֗םha./go.Yimthe/ nations אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwhere אַתָּ֥ה'a.Tahyou בָא־va'-[are] about to go שָׁ֛מָּהSha.ma/hthere/ towards לָרֶ֥שֶׁתla./Re.shetby/ dispossessing אוֹתָ֖ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them מִפָּנֶ֑יךָmi./pa.Nei./khafrom/ before/ you וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ve./ya.rash.Taand/ you will dispossess אֹתָ֔ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ve./ya.shav.Taand/ you will dwell בְּאַרְצָֽם׃be./'ar.Tza/min/ land/ their

King James Version

When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

Cross-references

Joshua 23:4 See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
Deuteronomy 19:1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,
Exodus 23:23 For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
Deuteronomy 9:3 But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
Psalms 78:55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.