Bible Commentary

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. Verse 32. Thou shalt make no covenant with them] They were incurable idolaters, and the cup of their iniquity was full. And had the Israelites contracted any alliance with them, either sacred or civil, they would have enticed them into their idolatries, to which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:32”

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. In Exo 23:23, the limits of the Land of Canaan, strictly … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:31”

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. Exo 23:30 By little and little I will drive them out before thee. The gradual processes of God It is important, not only to see, but to love, the gradual processes of God. There is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:30”

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 29, 30. The expulsion of the Canaanites will however be gradual: it will not be completed till the Israelites are numerous enough to fill effectually the territory vacated by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:29”

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 28. the hornet ] so Deu 7:20; Jos 24:12 (E). The writer imagines swarms of this terrible insect employed to clear the Canaanites away before Israel, and expel them even from their hiding-places (see … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:28”

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 27. my terror ] a terror greater than ordinary causes would seem capable of producing, and so attributed directly to God: what we should call … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:27”

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill. Verse 26. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren] Hence there must be a very great increase both of men and cattle. The number of thy days I will fulfil.] Ye shall all … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:26”

And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 25a. The positive complement of v. 24: Jehovah is to be the object of Israel’s worship. 25b, 26. The blessings which will follow upon Israel’s obedience: abundance … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:25”

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 24. Thou shalt not bow down to , nor serve them ] as Exo 20:5. nor do after their works ] Cf. Lev 18:3. overthrow ] properly, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:24”

For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. 23. the Amorite, &c.] see on Exo 3:8. cut them off ] Exo 9:15, 1Ki 13:34 (D 2 [196] ). A … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 23:23”