Exo 23:29-31 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Exod 23:29-31: 23:29-31 I will: God, not Israel, would take the land. The land would be a gift from their Covenant Lord. Israel was being granted possession of it as long as they faithfully fulfilled the covenant.

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cGen 15:18►

dNum 34:2-12►

eDeut 11:24►

f2 Chr 9:26►

gGen 15:16►

‏ Exodus 23:29-31

Summary for Exod 23:29-31: 23:29-31 ^a I will: God, not Israel, would take the land. The land would be a gift from their Covenant Lord. Israel was being granted possession of it as long as they faithfully fulfilled the covenant.
23:31 ^b from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River: See Gen 15:18 ^c; Num 34:2-12 ^d; Deut 11:24 ^e; 2 Chr 9:26 ^f.

• I will hand over to you the people: God had promised the land to Abraham (Gen 15:16 ^g). At that time, “the sins of the Amorites” had not yet run their course. Now they had. God was not arbitrarily dispossessing the Amorites (i.e., the Canaanites) but was using his people, the Israelites, to judge their wickedness.