Exodus 23:27-30
my fear.15:14-16; Ge 35:5; De 2:25; 11:23,25; Jos 2:9-11; 1Sa 14:152Ki 7:6; 2Ch 14:14destroy.De 7:23backs. 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 in one year.De 7:22; Jos 15:63; 16:10; 17:12,13; Jud 3:1-4 30Exodus 34:11
Observe.De 4:1,2,40; 5:32; 6:3,25; 12:28,32; 28:1; Mt 28:20; Joh 14:21I drive.3:8,17; 33:2; Ge 15:18-21; De 7:1,19; 9:4,5Deuteronomy 4:38
drive.7:1; 9:1-5; 11:23; Ex 23:27,28; Jos 3:10; Ps 44:2,3as.2:31-37; 3:1-16; 8:18Deuteronomy 7:1-2
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 14:31Ps 44:2,3; 78:55the 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; 33:2greater.4:38; 4:1-3; 20:1 deliver.23,24; 3:3; 23:14; Ge 14:20; Jos 10:24,25,30,32,42; 21:44; Jud 1:4utterly.20:16,17; Le 27:28,29; Nu 33:52; Jos 6:17-25; 8:24; 9:24; 10:28,40Jos 11:11,12make no.20:10,11; Ex 23:32,33; 34:12-16; Jos 2:14; 9:18-21; Jud 1:24; 2:22Sa 21:2Deuteronomy 7:22-23
put out. Heb. pluck off. thou mayest.As the Israelites were not yet sufficiently numerous to fill the whole land occupied by these nations; and as wild and ferocious animals might be expected to multiply where the place was but thinly peopled, therefore God informs them that their extermination from before them should be gradual. Haynes says, "The approaching to Cana, at the close of the day, as we did, is at once terrifying and dangerous. The surrounding country swarms with wild beasts, such as tigers, leopards, jackals, etc., whose cries and howling, I doubt not, would strike the boldest traveller, who had not been frequently in a like situation, with the deepest sense of horror." Ex 23:29,30; Jos 15:63 the Lord.2unto thee. Heb. before thy face.9:3shall destroy.2:15; 8:20; Isa 13:6; Jer 17:18; Joe 1:15; 2Th 1:9Deuteronomy 9:1
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; 4:5,19this 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; 11:23cities.1:28; Nu 13:22,28-33Deuteronomy 9:5
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 3:5that he may.Ge 12:7; 13:15; 15:7; 17:8; 26:4; 28:13; Ex 32:13; Eze 20:14Mic 7:20; Lu 1:54,55; Ac 3:25; 13:32,33; Ro 11:28; 15:8
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