17And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 12-18)Here the case is put of a city revolting from its allegiance to the God of Israel, and serving other gods . I. The crime is supposed to be committed, 1. By one of the cities of Israel, that lay within the jurisdiction of their courts. The church then judged those only that were within , 1 Cor. 5:12 , 13 . And, even when they were ordered to preserve their religion in the first principles of it by ...
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