EXODUS 23:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. The divine terror that precedes Israel's entrance into the land is the same terror that the Song of the Sea announced in Exodus 15:14–16: the nations will hear and tremble. The confusion God promises is the same word used for the confusion He brought on the Egyptian army at the sea (Exodus 14:24). God fights Israel's battles by going ahead of them — the military promise is the extension of the Passover's protection into the conquest. Joshua 2:9–11 records Rahab confirming that this terror has already arrived: all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.
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