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20 And, moreover, Yahweh your God will send the hornets[a] among them until both the survivors and the fugitives are destroyed[b] before you.[c] 21 You must not be in dread from the presence of them, because Yahweh your God, who is in your midst, is a great and awesome God. 22 And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations from before you[d] little by little; you will not be able to finish them off quickly, lest[e] the wild animals[f] multiply[g] against you.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:20 Hebrew “hornet”
  2. Deuteronomy 7:20 Literally “the destroying of”
  3. Deuteronomy 7:20 Literally “from your faces”
  4. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “from your faces”
  5. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “so that not”
  6. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “animals of the field”
  7. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “will become numerous”
  8. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “on you”

20 Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet(A) among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. 21 Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you,(B) is a great and awesome God.(C) 22 The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little.(D) You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

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