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Ex 23:23 Strong Concordance For mine Angel [04397] shall go [03212] before [06440] thee, and bring [0935] thee in unto the Amorites [0567], and the Hittites [02850], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Canaanites [03669], the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983]: and I will cut them off [03582].
  King James For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
I will cut them off - The national existence of the Canaanites was indeed to be "utterly" destroyed, every trace of their idolatries was to be blotted out, no social contact was to be held with them while they served other gods, nor were alliances of any kind to be formed with them. (See Deut. 7; Deu 12:1-4, Deu 12:29-31.) But it is alike contrary to the spirit of the divine law, and to the facts bearing on the subject scattered in the history, to suppose that any obstacle was put in the way of well disposed individuals of the denounced nations who left their sins and were willing to join the service of Yahweh. The spiritual blessings of the covenant were always open to those who sincerely and earnestly desired to possess them. See Exo 20:10; Lev 19:34; Lev 24:22.
 
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22 Ye shall have one [0259] manner of law [04941], as well for the stranger [01616], as for one of your own country [0249]: for I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
34 But the stranger [01616] that dwelleth [01481] with you shall be unto you as one born [0249] among you, and thou shalt love [0157] him as thyself; for ye were strangers [01616] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
10 But the seventh [07637] day [03117] is the sabbath [07676] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: in it thou shalt not do [06213] any work [04399], thou, nor thy son [01121], nor thy daughter [01323], thy manservant [05650], nor thy maidservant [0519], nor thy cattle [0929], nor thy stranger [01616] that is within thy gates [08179]:
29 When the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall cut off [03772] the nations [01471] from before [06440] thee, whither thou goest [0935] to possess [03423] them, and thou succeedest [03423] them, and dwellest [03427] in their land [0776];
30 Take heed [08104] to thyself that thou be not snared [05367] by following [0310] them, after [0310] that they be destroyed [08045] from before [06440] thee; and that thou enquire [01875] not after their gods [0430], saying [0559], How did these nations [01471] serve [05647] their gods [0430]? even so will I do [06213] likewise [01571].
31 Thou shalt not do [06213] so unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]: for every abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068], which he hateth [08130], have they done [06213] unto their gods [0430]; for even their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323] they have burnt [08313] in the fire [0784] to their gods [0430].
1 These are the statutes [02706] and judgments [04941], which ye shall observe [08104] to do [06213] in the land [0776], which the LORD [03068] God [0430] of thy fathers [01] giveth [05414] thee to possess [03423] it, all the days [03117] that ye live [02416] upon the earth [0127].
2 Ye shall utterly [06] destroy [06] all the places [04725], wherein the nations [01471] which [0834] ye shall possess [03423] served [05647] their gods [0430], upon the high [07311] mountains [02022], and upon the hills [01389], and under every green [07488] tree [06086]:
3 And ye shall overthrow [05422] their altars [04196], and break [07665] their pillars [04676], and burn [08313] their groves [0842] with fire [0784]; and ye shall hew down [01438] the graven images [06456] of their gods [0430], and destroy [06] the names [08034] of them out of that place [04725].
4 Ye shall not do so [06213] unto the LORD [03068] your God [0430].