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I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
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Literal or Figurative Hornets?
Scholars debate whether God sent literal hornets or if the term is figurative. Some commentators, citing historical accounts of insect plagues, believe it was literal. Others suggest "the hornet" represents divine terror, the stings of conscience, or even the Egyptian army (whose king's symbol was a wasp), which weakened the Canaanites before Israel's arrival.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hornets - Compare the marginal references. The word is used figuratively for a cause of terror and discouragement. Bees are spoken of in a s…
19th Century
Anglican
I will send hornets. — Hebrew, the hornet. Compare Joshua 24:12, where “the hornet” is said to have been sent.
16th Century
Protestant
And I will send hornets. Although that secret terror, which He had mentioned, would be sufficient to put their enemies to flight, He state…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will send hornets before you Which may be interpreted either figuratively, and so may signify the same as fear…
It is here promised that they would be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise: Behold, I send an angel befo…
