Exodus 23:28

And I will send the tzirah (hornet) ahead of thee, which shall drive out the Chivi, the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, from before thee.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

In Context

27I will send My ehmah (terror) ahead of thee, and will throw into confusion all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

29I will not drive them out from before thee in shanah echat; lest ha'aretz become desolate, and the beast of the sadeh multiply against thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:27Elohei Kedem is thy me'onah (dwelling place), 1 and underneath are the Zero'ot Olam (Everlasting Arms): 1 and He shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; 1 and shall say, Make them shmad. 1

Joshua 24:12And I sent the tzirah (hornet) before you, which drove them out ahead of you, even the two melachim of the Emori; but not with thy cherev, nor with thy keshet.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:21-33

Precepts and Promises. ( b. c. 1491.) 20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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