Deuteronomy 7:3 Bible Verse Meaning, Explanation & Context

Deuteronomy 7:1

When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;

Deuteronomy 7:2

and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them.

Deuteronomy 7:4

For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So Yahweh"s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

Deuteronomy 7:5

But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.