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Exodus 23:27-33
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Exodus 23:27-33
Holman Christian Standard Bible
27 “I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror[a] and throw into confusion(A) all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat. 28 I will send the hornet[b](B) in front of you, and it will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites away from you. 29 I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you. 30 I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous[c] and take possession of the land. 31 I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[d] and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River.[e] For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.(C) 32 You must not make a covenant(D) with them or their gods. 33 They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against Me. If you worship their gods, it will be a snare for you.”(E)
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- Exodus 23:27 Lit will send terror of Me ahead of you
- Exodus 23:28 Or send panic
- Exodus 23:30 Lit fruitful
- Exodus 23:31 Lit the Sea of the Philistines
- Exodus 23:31 Lit the River
Exodus 23:27-33
New International Version
Exodus 23:27-33
New International Version
27 “I will send my terror(A) ahead of you and throw into confusion(B) every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.(C) 28 I will send the hornet(D) ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites(E) out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals(F) too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession(G) of the land.
31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.(H) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out(I) before you. 32 Do not make a covenant(J) with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare(K) to you.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Exodus 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines
Exodus 23:27-33
King James Version
Exodus 23:27-33
King James Version
27 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.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 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.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
31 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.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
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