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Verse Exodus 23:28. _I WILL SEND HORNETS BEFORE THEE_] הצרעה
_hatstsirah_. The root is not found in Hebrew, but it may be the same
with the Arabic [Arabic] _saraa_, to _lay prostrate_, to _strike
dow...
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HORNETS - Compare the marginal references. The word is used
figuratively for a cause of terror and discouragement. Bees are spoken
of in the like sense, Deuteronomy 1:44; Psalms 118:12....
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CHAPTER 23 FURTHER JUDGMENTS AND DIRECTIONS
_ 1. Concerning unrighteous dealings of various kinds (Exodus 23:1)_
2. Concerning the seventh year (Exodus 23:10)
3. Concerning the three feasts (Exodus...
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EXODUS 23:20 E. CLOSING DISCOURSE (Exodus 23:23 a, Exodus 23:27, and
Exodus 23:31 b -...
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HORNETS. Compare Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:12....
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_the hornet_ so Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 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...
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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Hortatory epilogue. The laws which Israel is to observe have been
defined: and now Jehovah declares what He will do for His people if it
is obedient to His voice (_v._22): He will give it prosperity,...
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Jehovah will further help Israel effectually to drive out the nations
of Canaan....
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AND I WILL SEND HORNETS BEFORE THEE— See this fulfilled, Joshua
24:12. The author of the Book of Wisdom, ch. Exodus 12:8 calls these
_wasps; and didst find wasps, forerunners of thine host, to destroy...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
23 THOU SHALT NOT TAKE UP A FALSE REPORT: PUT NOT THY HAND WITH THE
WICKED TO BE AN UNRIGHTEOUS WITNESS. (2) THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A
MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL; NEITHER SHALT...
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_AND I WILL SEND HORNETS BEFORE THEE, WHICH SHALL DRIVE OUT THE
HIVITE, THE CANAANITE, AND THE HITTITE, FROM BEFORE THEE._
And I will send hornets before thee (cf. Deuteronomy 7:20) х_ 'ET_
(H854) _...
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23:28 hornets (a-5) Some read 'diseases.'...
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HORNETS] The hornet is a large and fierce kind of wasp. It is doubtful
whether the promise here is to be understood literally or figuratively
(cp. also Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:12). It seems to be...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED)
1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 23
LAWS ABOUT HOW TO BE FAIR AND HOW TO BE KIND – VERSES 1-9
V1 Th...
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I WILL SEND HORNETS. — Heb., _the hornet._ Comp. Joshua 24:12, where
“the hornet” is said to have been sent. No doubt hornets might be
so numerous as to become an intolerable plague, and induce a nati...
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THE PROMISES OF GOD TO ISRAEL, IF THE COVENANT IS KEPT.
(20-33) The Book of the Covenant terminates, very appropriately, with
a series of promises. God is “the rewarder of them that diligently
seek hi...
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וְ שָׁלַחְתִּ֥י אֶת ־הַ צִּרְעָ֖ה לְ
פָנֶ֑יךָ
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PART V.--ITS SANCTIONS.
Exodus 23:20.
This summary of Judaism being now complete, the people have to learn
what mighty issues are at stake upon their obedience. And the
transition is very striking fr...
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PROMISE OF ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN
Exodus 23:18
This Angel must have been the Lord himself, for Stephen said expressly
that the Angel was with Moses at the burning bush, where Jehovah
revealed Himself,...
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The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of
justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful
and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The di...
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_Hornets, or wasps, Wisdom xii. 8. Josue (xxiv. 12) assures us this
was verified. Thus scorpions forced the Ethiopians to abandon their
country, and flies and wasps drove away the Mysians and Phaselid...
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May not these hornets be spiritually considered as the stings of a
guilty conscience? Deuteronomy 7:20....
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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28._And I will send hornets. _Although that secret terror, of which He
had made mention, would be sufficient to put their enemies to flight,
He states that there would also be other ready means, to ro...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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AND I WILL SEND HORNETS BEFORE THEE,.... Which may be interpreted
either figuratively, and so may signify the same as fear before which
should fall on the Canaanites upon hearing the Israelites were c...
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And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite,
the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Ver. 28. _Hornets before thee._] Understand it either literally, as in
Joshua...
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_I will send my fear before thee_ And they that _fear_ will soon
_flee:_ I will strike a terror into the inhabitants of Canaan, which
shall facilitate the conquest of them, Joel 2:9. _I will send horn...
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1 Of slander and false witnesse. 3.6 Of iustice.
4 Of charitablenesse.
10 Of the yeere of rest.
12 Of the Sabbath.
13 Of idolatrie.
14 Of the three feasts.
18 Of the blood and the fat of the sac...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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INSISTENCE ON HONESTY
(vs.1-9)
Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is
looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one
should not do. How easily one may c...
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20-33 It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in
their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I
send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this...
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HORNETS, properly so called, as may be gathered from JOSHUA 24:12
DEUTERONOMY 7:20. Hornets are of themselves very troublesome and
mischievous; but these it is very probable were like those Egyptian
f...
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 23:28 send H7971 (H8804) hornets H6880 before H6440 out H1644
(H8765) Hivite H2340 Canaanite H3669 Hittite...
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YAHWEH'S PROMISE THAT HE WILL SEND HIS ANGEL WITH THEM (EXODUS 23:20).
Yahweh now confirms that He will go with His people into Canaan.
This section may be analysed as follows:
a Yahweh will send H...
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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CONTENTS: Judgments on the national feasts. Instructions concerning
the conquest of Canaan.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God's angels will keep the believer in the way, though it
lay through...
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Exodus 23:1. _Put not thine hand with the wicked,_ do not conspire or
agree with them.
Exodus 23:3. _Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man._ The meaning
of this and the former verse is, there sha...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 23:27_
THE POWER OF MORAL FORCES
In our estimation of the powers of the world we do not always give
sufficient prominence to the power of moral forces. Much...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—_Continued_.
EXPOSITION
EXODUS 23:1
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS—_continued_. The same want of logical
arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preceding one. The first
nine ve...
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: [perjury] to put your hand with
the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. [In other words, conspiracy
in perjury.] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; [Yo...
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hornets. The hornet, may be so called from the Arabic zaraa,
Deuteronomy 7:20 Joshua 24:11...