Exodus 34:24
24For I will drive out ▼▼ The verb is a Hiphil imperfect of יָרַשׁ (yarash), which means “to possess.” In the causative stem it can mean “dispossess” or “drive out.”
the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet ▼▼ The verb “covet” means more than desire; it means that some action will be taken to try to acquire the land that is being coveted. It is one thing to envy someone for their land; it is another to be consumed by the desire that stops at nothing to get it (it, not something like it).
your land when you go up ▼▼ The construction uses the infinitive construct with a preposition and a suffixed subject to form the temporal clause.
to appear before the Lord your God three times ▼▼ The expression “three times” is an adverbial accusative of time.
in the year.
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