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27 I will have the terror of me precede you, so that I will throw into panic every nation you reach.(A) I will make all your enemies turn from you in flight, 28 and ahead of you I will send hornets[a] to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:28 Hornets: the Hebrew sir’ah is a disputed term, but according to ancient interpreters it refers to hornets that were unleashed against the enemy to sting them and cause panic (cf. Dt 7:20; Jos 24:12; Wis 12:8). Others associate the word with plagues or troublesome afflictions.

Chapter 7

Destruction of the Nations in the Land. (A)When the Lord, your God, brings you into the land which you are about to enter to possess, and removes many nations before you—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,(B) seven nations more numerous and powerful than you— and when the Lord, your God, gives them over to you and you defeat them, you shall put them under the ban. Make no covenant with them(C) and do not be gracious to them.

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