Exodus 23:27-28

my fear.

15:14-16; Ge 35:5; De 2:25; 11:23,25; Jos 2:9-11; 1Sa 14:15

2Ki 7:6; 2Ch 14:14

destroy.

De 7:23

backs. Heb. neck.

Ps 18:40

hornets.{Tzirâh,} The hornet, may be so called from the Arabic {zaraâ,} to lay prostrate, strike down, because of the destruction occasioned by the violence of its sting. The hornet, in natural history, belongs to the species Crabro, of the genus Vespa or Wasp. It is a most voracious insect, and exceedingly strong for its size, which is generally an inch in length.

De 7:20; Jos 24:11

Deuteronomy 7:1

1 All communion with the nations is forbidden;

5 for fear of idolatry;

6 for the holiness of the people;

9 for the nature of God in his mercy and justice;

17 for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them.

the Lord.

4:38; 6:1,10,19,23; 9:1,4; 11:29; 31:3,20; Ex 6:8; 15:7; Nu 14:31

Ps 44:2,3; 78:55

the Hittites.With respect to the situation of these nations in the land of Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited Phoenecia; the Hittites, the mountains south of the promised land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards Hermon; the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of Gennesareth, the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites, the mountains west of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of Moab; and that the Perizzites were probably not a distinct nation, but villagers scattered through the country.

Ge 15:18-21; Ex 23:28; 33:2

greater.

4:38; 4:1-3; 20:1

Deuteronomy 9:1-5

1 Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness, by rehearsing their several rebellions.

to pass.

3:18; 11:31; 27:2; Jos 1:11; 3:6,14,16; 4:5,19

this day.The Hebrew {hyyom,} "this day," frequently denotes, as here, this time. They had come, 38 years before this, nearly to the verge of the promised land, but were not permitted, because of their unbelief and rebellion, at that day or time, to enter; but this time they shall certainly pass over. This was spoken in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of their journeying; and it was on the first month of the following year they passed over: and during this interval Moses died.

nations.

4:38; 7:1; 11:23

cities.

1:28; Nu 13:22,28-33

great.

2:11,12,21

Who can stand.

7:24; Ex 9:11; Job 11:10; Da 8:4; 11:16; Na 1:6

Understand.

6; Mt 15:10; Mr 7:14; Eph 5:17

goeth over.

1:30; 20:4; 31:3-6; Jos 3:11,14; Mic 2:13; Re 19:11-16

a consuming fire.

4:24; Isa 27:4; 30:27,30,33; 33:14; Na 1:5,6; 2Th 1:8; Heb 12:29

he shall.

7:1,2,16,23,24; Ex 23:29-31; Isa 41:10-16; Ro 8:31

Speak not.

5; 7:7,8; 8:17; Eze 36:22,32; Ro 11:6,20; 1Co 4:4,7; Eph 2:4,5

2Ti 1:9; Tit 3:3-5

for the wickedness.

12:31; 18:12; Ge 15:16; Le 18:24,25

Not for.Though the Canaanites were expelled for their wickedness, it does not follow, that the Israelites were established in their room on account of any distinguished virtue, or because they deserved it. On many occasions, it may be seen in the history of the world, that God punishes the wicked by the instrumentality of other men, who are as wicked as themselves. Not the Israelites' righteousness, but the wickedness of the inhabitants, and the promise of God to their fathers, was the cause of their obtaining Canaan.

Tit 3:5

that he may.

Ge 12:7; 13:15; 15:7; 17:8; 26:4; 28:13; Ex 32:13; Eze 20:14

Mic 7:20; Lu 1:54,55; Ac 3:25; 13:32,33; Ro 11:28; 15:8

Deuteronomy 11:23

4:38; 7:1,2,22,23; 9:1,5; Ex 23:27-30; 34:11

Joshua 3:10

Hereby ye.

Nu 15:28-30; 1Ki 18:36,37; 22:28; Ps 9:16; Isa 7:14; 2Co 13:2,3

living.

De 5:26; 1Sa 17:26; 2Ki 19:4; Jer 10:10; Ho 1:10; Mt 16:16

Joh 6:69; 1Th 1:9; Heb 10:31

among.

22:31; Ex 17:7; De 31:17; Jud 6:12,13

drive out from.

21:45; Ge 15:15-18; Ex 3:8; 23:27-30; 33:2; De 7:1; Ps 44:2,3

Psalms 44:2-3

drive out.

78:55; 80:8; 105:44; 135:10-12; 136:17-22; Ex 15:17,19; 34:11

De 7:1; Jos 10:42; 11:23; 21:43; Ne 9:22-27

how thou didst afflict, etc.Or, rather, "how thou didst afflict the peoples (of Canaan,) and madest them (the Hebrews) to shoot forth;" for {shalach} is to send forth in any manner, and is applied to a vine spreading its roots, etc. Ps 89:9; Eze 17:6; Jer 17:8; and this sense is parallel with plantedst in the former line.

Ex 23:28; Nu 13:32; Jos 10:11; 24:12; 1Sa 5:6,7

For.

De 4:37,38; 8:17,18; Jos 24:12; Zec 4:6; 2Co 4:7

thy right.

17:7; 20:6; 74:11; Ex 15:16; Isa 63:12

light.

42:5,11; 80:16

because.

Nu 14:8; De 7:7,8; 1Sa 12:22; Mal 1:2,3; Ro 9:10-15
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