Deuteronomy 7 in the early church
49 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 7, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:1 | Homilies on Ezekiel 6.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Deut 7:1 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Deut 7:1–5 | Book of Heresies 27.2 · Philastrius of Brescia | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380s |
| Deut 7:1 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.9.1 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 7:1 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.9.3 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 7:1 | Formulae of Spiritual Understanding 9 · Eucherius of Lyon | quotation, high confidence | ca. 420-430 |
| Deut 7:1 | The Conferences 3.19 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Deut 7:1 | The Conferences 5.16 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 7:2
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:2–4 | On Not Agreeing with Heretics 2 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| Deut 7:2 | Sermon 62.17 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Deut 7:2 | The Conferences 3.19 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Deut 7:2 | The Conferences 5.16 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 7:3
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:3 | Against Marcion 5.7 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 7:3 | On Monogamy 7 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 210–217 |
| Deut 7:3 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 61.5.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Deut 7:3 | Exposition of Luke 8.2 · Ambrose | allusion, low confidence | ca. 386–389 |
| Deut 7:3–5 | Deuteronomy, lines 53–77 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
| Deut 7:3 | On Adulterous Marriages 1.20 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 419–421 |
| Deut 7:3 | On Adulterous Marriages 1.25 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 419–421 |
| Deut 7:3 | The Conferences 3.19 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Deut 7:3 | The Conferences 8.21 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 7:4
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:4 | On Adulterous Marriages 1.25 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 419–421 |
| Deut 7:4 | The Conferences 8.21 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 7:5
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:5 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 10:30 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 7:5 | On Cain and Abel 1.44 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| Deut 7:5 | Book of Heresies 147.2 · Philastrius of Brescia | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380s |
| Deut 7:5 | Sermon 62.17 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Deut 7:5 | Part 3, chapter 38 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | quotation, high confidence | ca. 445-450 |
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:6 | Letter 251 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–390 |
| Deut 7:6 | Oration 34.4 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Deut 7:6 | Letter 121.9 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Deuteronomy 7:7
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:7 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 803 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:9 | 1 Clement 60.1 · Clement of Rome | echo, medium confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
Deuteronomy 7:13
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:13 | Letter 57.11 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Deuteronomy 7:14
You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:14 | Homilies on Ezekiel 4.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Deut 7:14 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 0.66 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Deut 7:14 | Demonstration 18.1 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Deut 7:14 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 3.6 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370 |
| Deut 7:14 | Letters 41.1 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, low confidence | ca. 394–413 |
Deuteronomy 7:18
But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:18 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.9.24 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
Deuteronomy 7:21
Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:21 | The Conferences 5.14 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 7:22
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:22 | Homilies on Joshua 21.2 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 7:22 | On the Spirit and the Letter 1 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 412 |
| Deut 7:22 | On the Spirit and the Letter 62 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 412 |
| Deut 7:22 | The Conferences 5.14 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 7:23
But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:23 | The Conferences 5.14 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:25 | Letter 47.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
Deuteronomy 7:26
And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 7:26 | Letter 46.1 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Deut 7:26 | Letter 47.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |