the Heuites and the Chananites and the Chettites<\/mark> from you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nEither the Septuagint used a different Hebrew source document which contained the Hebrew word for Amorite, or the scribe inadvertently added \u201cAmorites\u201d from a previous verse such as Exodus 23:23. \u201cHeuites\u201d here would be Hivites; \u201cChananites\u201d obviously are the Canaanites; and \u201cChettites\u201d are the Hittites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The succeeding 5 verses up to the end of chapter 23, the land (Hebrew \u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/mark> \u201cerets\u201d together with the definite article) is mentioned in 4 of these verses. This goes to show the importance of the land grant as an inheritance to the Israelites together with the other covenantal promises. Exodus 23:29 says that God will not drive out all the occupants in just a year, \u201clest the land (\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/mark> \u201cerets\u201d) be desolate.\u201d In verse 30, God apparently plans to drive them out little by little until the Israelites have multiplied in number (which is also a covenant promise) and are then able to possess the land (\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/mark> \u201cerets\u201d). In Verse 31 God reveals the borders of the land promised (which are even larger than what is later stipulated in Numbers 34). Once again, the LORD reiterates that the land (\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/mark> \u201cerets\u201d) will be given to the Israelites and they in turn must drive away its inhabitants. Only in verse 32 is the land not directly mentioned; only an instruction that no covenant must be entered into by the Israelites with the inhabitants and their gods. Then in Exodus 23:33, the last verse of the chapter, the LORD specifically forbids the Israelites to allow these inhabitants to dwell \u201cin your land\u201d (\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/mark> \u201cerets\u201d) with them. Notice that God uses the possessive pronoun (\u201cyour\u201d to describe the land which Moses and the Israelites have yet to get to. Driving out these land occupants was to be taken seriously as God attaches so much importance to keeping his people from being tempted to serve their other gods. It is certainly clear that God, the landowner wants his current tenants in Canaan out. The warning is an indication of what one reads in the books of Joshua and Judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe next chapters of Exodus now turns its attention to the sanctuary and all the instructions from God for building it together with its implements and the holy garments the priests would wear when they serve and minister to God. It is in Exodus 32, the chapter that narrates the sad, familiar Golden Calf incident of Sinaitic Covenant unfaithfulness that God once again reiterates his Abrahamic Covenant promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the LORD wanted to destroy the Israelites because of the Golden Calf, the altar, the sacrifices and the festival merriment they had done, Moses interceded for them and implored God\u2019s mercy and compassion and reminded him of his promises to the patriarchs. The Hebrew verse of Exodus 32:13 is given below (read right to left, top down) with the land grant highlighted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05b9\u05a1\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05dd\u05a9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05a8\u05e7 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u059c\u05dc \u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u0597\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05a8\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05a3\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd\u05ae \u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05da\u05b0\u0592 \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05bc\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d4\u05b6\u0594\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05bc\u05d4\u0599 \u05d0\u05b6\u05bd\u05ea\u05be\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05db\u05b6\u0594\u05dd \u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05db\u05b9\u05d5\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u0596\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b8\u05bc\u05c1\u05de\u05b8\u0591\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b8<\/mark>\u05d0\u05b8\u05a8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5<\/mark> \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b9\u05bc\u059c\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05a3\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u0597\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05b5\u05bc\u05df\u0599 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d6\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e2\u05b2\u05db\u05b6\u0594\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b2\u05dc\u0596\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05bd\u05dd\u05c3<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe ESV translation for this verse is given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13<\/sup><\/strong> Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, \u2018I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this <\/mark>land<\/mark> that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.\u2019\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn verse 14, because of his great mercy and compassion, the LORD acted on Moses\u2019 reminder of his gracious, unconditional, irrevocable, perpetual Abrahamic Covenant and relented from immediately punishing the Israelites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will continue next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God bless us all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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