Where the Fathers quote Deuteronomy 7
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Expounded by the Fathers
Maximus the ConfessorPG 91:696expounds v.6“οτι λαος αγιος ει Κυριω τω Θεω σου και σε προειλετο Κυριος ο Θεος σου ειναι αυτω λαον περιουσιον παρα παντα τα εθνη οσα επι προσωπου της γης.”On the meaning of the concluding liturgical hymns: «One is holy, one is Lord»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:912expounds v.16“και φαγη παντα τα σκυλα των εθνων α Κυριος ο Θεος σου διδωσι σοι· ου φεισεται ο οφθαλμος σου επ᾿ αυτοις και ου μη λατρευσῃς τοις θεοις αυτων οτι σκωλο”231. On «My eye shall not spare»
1Deut 7:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:619…a doubt to the heavenly judea and just as they cast out the canaanites and the perizzites and the hivites and the rest of the nations from the earthly judea so too for us who have…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:877…upon the sea coast and who were in antilibanus and the hittites and the amorites and the canaanites and the perizzites and the hivites and the girgashites and the jebusites and they gathered together as one…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:711…land he says of the canaanites and the amorrhites and the hittites and the perizzites and the hivites and the girgashites and the jebusites if it had been possible to gather these seven and through them…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1159…constitution when he addressed the people declared and it shall be when the lord thy god shall bring thee into the land of the canaanites as he swore to thee and to thy fathers and shall…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:307…of the c cattle of abram and between the shepherds of lot and the canaanites and the perizzites were then dwelling in the land observe how those who are closely related produce the beginning of separation…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:347…and the kadmonites and the hittites and the perizzites and the rephaim and the amorites and the canaanites and the girgashites and the jebusites see how he again confirms the promise made to him by this…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:425…all the people that were left of the hittites and the amorites and the perizzites and the hivites and the jebusites who were not of the seed of israel their children and their descendants whom the…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:203…into the place of the canaanites and the hittites and the amorites and the perizzites and the hivites and the girgashites and the jebusites and now behold the cry of the children of israel has come…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:191…and four in breadth seized their entire land but joshua having subjected the canaanites and the perizzites and the girg…
2Deut 7:2
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1447B…commanded: "Have no commerce with the Canaanites; neither give them anything, nor take anything from them; take no wife, have no agreements, no contracts" (Deut. vii, 2, 3). For this reason He placed a hedge.…
3Deut 7:3
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:279…give your daughter to his son, and you shall not take his daughter for your son. For he will tempt your son away from me, and he will go and serve other gods" (Deut. VII, 3-4). A short discourse concerning this als…
5Deut 7:5
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:417…you shall tear down their altars and break in pieces their pillars and cut down their groves and burn the graven images of their gods with fire and you shall destroy their name out of that…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:927…you shall tear down their altars and break their pillars in pieces and burn their graven images with fire therefore if you wish to speak the truth you will be witnesses to me whether there is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:867…leafy tree and you shall overturn their altars and break their pillars and cut down their groves and burn with fire the graven images of their gods and you shall destroy their name from that place…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:205…tree and you shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their groves and burn with fire the graven images of their gods and you shall destroy their name from that place…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1237…and again you shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their groves and burn with fire the graven things of their gods for you shall not worship another god and after…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:451…block for you you shall overturn their altars and break their pillars and cut down their groves and burn with fire the graven images of their gods for you shall not serve any other god yet…
6Deut 7:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:721B…this was the ancient lot of the Jews, so that Moses would say to them in Deuteronomy: The Lord thy God chose thee from all the nations that are under heaven (Deut. 7:6)—then they defiled their holy temple, w…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:11D…chose us also to this end, that we should be holy and blameless." He chose the Jews also at one time. How? "This people," he says, "He chose from the nations" (Deut. 7:6). Now if men, when choosing, choose wha…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1149…are in the deserts shall not fall by the sword and they that are upon the face of the field shall be given to the beasts of the field for food and those in the walled…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:843…the error of the egyptians he said to them hear o israel the lord thy god the lord is one b this teaching is contained in the writings of the great moses this theology he has…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1095…and i and thy people shall be glorified above all the nations that are upon the face of the earth which the chaldean expressed as follows unless thy majesty shall have walked with us as miracles…
OrigenesPG 16:2103…lord said to me the lord of hosts said men and beasts that are upon the face of the earth and now i my servants i have given it to serve him and all nations shall…
OrigenesPG 16:2105…another under the yoke of the king of babylon and the cattle that are upon the face of the earth to my servant kingdom whoever you shall perish lxx interpreters and many nations and great kings…
OrigenesPG 16:2747…all creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence and the mountains shall be thrown down and the valleys shall…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:135…disease lurking also among the hebrews moses removing the evil cried out the lord thy god the lord is one for it was not yet the time to proclaim the trinity nor was he yet able…
8Deut 7:8
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:509A…hrough whom the Father made all things. For your hand, he says, has made all these things ⟦note: Isa. LXVI, 2⟧, and, with his hand he led out the people ⟦note: Deut. VII, 8⟧—that is, through the Son. Again, if th…
9Deut 7:9
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1029…of thy servant who says and thou shalt know in thy heart that the lord thy god he is god in heaven above and upon the earth below and there is no god besides him for…
Pope Alexander I r. c. 108/109-116/119PG 5:1067…names if the trinity is not why in deuteronomy did he say the lord thy god he is god if the unity is not why did he say he is and not they are in the…
Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:369…he does not wish to be mentioned and again it is written the lord thy god he is the god of gods and again who is like unto thee o lord among the gods and again…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:469…in deuteronomy and you shall know this day that the lord your god he is god the faithful god and what the psalmist sings the lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all…
12Deut 7:12
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:115…places as moses has said d and the lord will keep for thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore to thy fathers and he will love thee and bless thee and multiply the offspring…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:299…p; there shall not be among you one that is fruitless, neither shall there be among you one that is sterile; there shall not be among you languor or sickness (Deut. VII, 12-14); he will open the heavens, and he will…
13Deut 7:13
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:115…thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore to thy fathers and he will love thee and bless thee and multiply the offspring of thy womb and the fruit of thy land and he added…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:11…iritual. For what did it say? "The Lord will bless you," "He will bless the fruit of your womb," and "He will bless your coming in and your going out" (Num. 6; Deut. 7:13). But here it is not so; but what? "Wit…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421…cursed shall be thy barns and cursed thy stores cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy ground the herds of thy oxen and the flocks of thy sheep cursed shalt…
14Deut 7:14
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:203C…ded Moses, as well as upon those who received the discipline of the Law. For He says: 'There shall be no barren or widowed woman among the children of Israel' (Deut. vii, 14). But we ought not to consider this utt…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1417C…as commanded you. Deut. XVII, 11. — You shall not decline to the right hand, nor to the left, from all the way which the Lord your God has commanded you. Deut. VII, 14. — If you hear these my judgments, and…
15Deut 7:15
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:267…serve him and choose for ourselves the ways of gentleness c vers and the lord will take away from israel head and tail great and small in one day the elder and those who respect persons…
17Deut 7:17
OrigenesPG 16:2325…a and if thou shalt say in thine heart why have these things befallen me for the multitude of thine iniquities have thy hinder parts been…
18Deut 7:18
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:937…a father s house into the assemblies of lost men b and remember what the lord thy god did unto miriam for if she having spoken against me before all was branded with the affliction and…
19Deut 7:19
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1507…know from where this man is then since they were struck by the signs and the wonders and the divine powers they indeed thought him to be the christ of god but they did not confess…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:855…deuteronomy h h the hebraic text h original script column see facsimile the lord thy god brought thee out of egypt by night original script column see facsimile affliction in haste original script column see facsimile…
25Deut 7:25
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:553…him by themselves for the egyptians could not eat with the hebrews for it is an abomination to the egyptians and the first sat before him according to his seniority and the younger according to his…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:481…who had bought joseph were accustomed to import those fruits into egypt for it is an abomination to the egyptians etc for piety is an abomination to the impious a for piety is an abomination to…
26Deut 7:26
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:715B…ing an abomination into your house, and you shall be anathema, just as it is. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is anathema” (Deut. VII, 26). For a fire that is truly strange, and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1257C…anathema like it. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is an anathema.» — «Let nothing of the anathema be found in your hand.» Deut. vii, 26, 27. «The Lord said to Joshua: The so…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1277B…You shall not bow down to them, nor shall you serve them. For I am the Lord.› Exod. XXII, 20. — ‹He who sacrifices to other gods shall be utterly destroyed.› Deut. VII, 26. — ‹You shall not bring an abomination…