Exodus 23:28

'And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;

Young's Literal Translation

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

27My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.

29I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:27A habitation [is] the eternal God, And beneath [are] arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, 'Destroy!'

Joshua 24:12And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence — two kings of the Amorite — not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

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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