Whatever friendship is pretended, that is really our worst enemy that draws us from our duty. Our necessary dependence upon the divine power and goodness should awe us into obedience. And when we come to verse 20 in this chapter, there's a change in tone. You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.". 12:8. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight." Without life it is impossible for one to produce that which is according to God; and without a worthy object, nay without a divine object presented, there can be nothing to draw out divine affections. 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. 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. *Dr. Fairbairn's "Typology" is here, as in general, poverty itself. Because man, if you eat that gnat that hasn't been bled thoroughly, you've violated the law. As Christ is the true and perfect image of God, so is He the expression of all that is good and holy in man. the seeming disorder of God is incomparably more orderly than man's best order. ); from tsara`, "to smite"; Septuagint sphekia, literally, "wasp's nest"): Hornets are mentioned only in Exodus 23:28; Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:12. An invasive hornet species slaughters honeybees, can be deadly to humans and - unfortunately - has been spotted in the United States. Hence therefore, no sooner does God propose to them that they should obey His law as the condition of their blessing at His hands, than they at once accept the terms: "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine." The judgment is to be fair across the board. I will send forth My terror before you, and I will throw into panic all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn tail before you I will send hornets () ahead of you, and it shall drive out before you the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites. And thou shalt take no gift: [Now these are to the judges, they're not to take any gift.] The brazen laver judged sin by the word of God, just as the brazen altar judged it sacrificially. For what was presented there? Asian murder hornets have made their way to Washington State . We must always look upon our greatest danger to be from those that would cause us to sin against God. Both belong to the genus Vespa, the hornets being distinguished by their large size. And I believe before it's all said and done, God will use creatures far more fierce than hornets to deal with mankind, see Revelations 9:3-10. Therefore whatever the work introduced meanwhile whether of grace, as the effectual working of God, or whether of law as proving the inefficiency of man He always holds out His rest, to which He would also direct the eyes of all who love Him. From this moment a new plea is urged: the faultiness of the people is used as a reason why God should go up the very reason which righteousness made a ground for refusing to go with them, lest His anger should burn against such a stiff-necked people. They vibrate their flight muscles, raising the temperature to 45.9 degrees Celsius. American Standard Version And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. The root is not found in Hebrew, but it may be the same with the Arabic [Arabic] saraa, to lay prostrate, to strike down; the hornet, probably so called from the destruction occasioned by the violence of its sting. Tools. Besides this their names were written on the breastplate. After this follow two things worthy of all heed, a nearness of communication between Jehovah and His servant never enjoyed before, and more than that, a blessing secured to the people never vouchsafed before. Now from this little scripture the Jews have created the whole interpretation of not eating dairy products with meat products at any meal. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: hor'-net (tsirah; compare tsorah, "Zorah" (Jud 13:2, etc. Mark the answer of Jehovah: "And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. It is in vain to argue that the fruit of the teaching of Peter or of James had the same power with it as the fruit of Paul not very long after, or of John latest of all. When He says they were washed, He is referring to the water of the word used by the Spirit of God to deal with man. It may be ever so minute, but there is habitually a dealing of Christ between the touch that stays the issue and the word which declares with no less authority than love, "Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace." The . Exo 23:28. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk ( Exodus 23:17-19 ). But, argues Moses, for this very reason, we most of all want Jehovah's presence. When Christ returns the Spirit will be poured out once more on all flesh, and Israel will be brought into the blessed position of bearing fruit in testimony for God. There were kings of the Amorites on both sides of Jordan. God wants you to be kind towards the animal. It's in this section that we have the first mention of hornets in the Bible. He will reign as the great King King of kings and Lord of lords, but still as King. But besides, when the high priest went into Jehovah's presence, there was the sounding of the bells between the pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet on the skirts of his garment. What a place for us, and for us now! What can be more lovely, more according to Christ, than this? You're not to take that into consideration. Along with them there is the greatest possible care for the maintenance of one true God an immense principle. The glory of God, or at any rate the effect of seeing His goodness, was brought too near to them. ), let me add that I believe God CAN use hornets to do His bidding, just like He used a snake, and frogs, and lice and flies, and locusts when He delivered His people from Egypt. Such an one may be very ignorant, no doubt; but at any rate his heart is made up to obey the Lord his desire is Godward. Thus he is sanctified by the Spirit unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus. Has Israels territory ever encompassed the promise in Joshua 1:4? This I believe to be the true meaning of the passage, and especially of the term "sanctification of the Spirit" here; though it is frankly and fully allowed that this is not the only meaning of "sanctification" in scripture. Something that we would consider spiritual. Meta. By the law he died to the law that he might live to God. The second one is the feast of Passover which takes place fifty days after the feast of unleavened bread when you are bringing in the first of your winter grains. ); also compare tsara`ath, "leprosy" (Leviticus 13:2, etc. Now the Lord Jesus will not be dealing then as Son, though then as evermore the Son of God. Christ will be faithful to those who are faithful to him, and will espouse their cause who adhere to his: I will be an adversary to thine adversaries,Exodus 23:22; Exodus 23:22. In other words, his condition financially should have nothing to do with the judgment. Poor people! The reason is manifest; for the proper knowledge of the Christian is such knowledge as the Son, speaking according to His own communion with His Father, communicates to us. After the call to the people to bring their offerings, we find the use to which they were to be applied First and foremost stands the centre of Levitical worship the ark. Deuteronomy 7:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. I'll go before you, I'll drive out the enemy", and so forth.Now in this we find the principles of God's victory and the way He brings forth victory in our lives. It is time to concentrate on tshuva (repentance). p. 190. Aggregations of thoughts in the mind that are to be instructed through the faculties. ); from tsara, "to smite"; Septuagint sphekia, literally, "wasp's nest"): Hornets are mentioned only in, . Now the poor man, look also at verse nine, or rather at verse fifteen, "Thou shalt keep the feast of the unleavened bread". And finally, in verse 28, "I will send the hornet before you.". 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. Some have supposed that the word is used in a metaphorical sense as the symbol of some panic which would seize the people as a "terror of God" ( Genesis 35:5 ), the consternation with which God would inspire the Canaanites. He is the servant of His own choice for ever. But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. The precept joined with this promise is that they be observant of, and obedient to, this angel whom God would send before them (Exodus 23:21; Exodus 23:21): "Beware of him, and obey his voice in every thing; provoke him not in any thing, for it is at your peril if you do, he will visit your iniquity." God discomforted them with deadly hornets! This view is supported by the Tel- el-Amarna tablets which were in the Foreign Affairs department of Pharaoh. I don't think it's a matter of heaven or hell. The rest of the book of Exodus consists of the people's response, and the actual accomplishment of the directions that were given inExodus 25:1-40; Exodus 25:1-40; Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 27:1-21; Exodus 28:1-43; Exodus 29:1-46; Exodus 30:1-38, and calls for no lengthened remarks in such a sketch as this. Secondly, it cannot give life; and this is another necessity of man. God "hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.". And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. So they refuse to eat any meat and dairy products together because of this little scripture.Now what is the scripture actually prohibiting? Why do sport teams watch tape of their opponents? But they say that if you eat a shish kabob, and you're also eating cheese at the same meal, you don't know but what that cheese was made from the mother's milk. This vital separation to God, and not practical holiness, is what is here called sanctification of the Spirit the most fundamental meaning of it indeed anywhere. The bells give their sound when the high priest goes in and when he comes out. HONG KONG (CNN) -- Hornets have killed dozens of people in China and injured more than 1,500 with their powerful venomous sting. "Similar opening [Exodus 20:22-26] and closing remarks are also found in the codes of Hammurabi and Lipit-Istar." They are Asian in origin, as the name implies. He wanted to prove and manifest the heart of His servant. Thus he who rejected every overture for his own advancement at the expense of the people now arms the Levites against their brethren. Animal. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. As far as this figure is concerned, then, our place is represented by Moses when he takes off the vail and is face to face with the glory of God Himself. (3.) From Joshua 24:12, we find that two kings of the Amorites were actually driven out of the land by these hornets, so that the Israelites were not obliged to use either sword or bow in the conquest. 305. "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". Both hornets and wasps are abundant in Palestine (compare Zorah, which may mean "town of hornets"). Corruptions are thus driven out of the hearts of God's people; not all at once, but by little and little; the old man is crucified, and therefore dies slowly. your God will also send hornets () against them, until those who are left in hiding perish before you. Here it seems to be not so much what we have by Christ, but that fragrance in Christ Himself of which God alone is the adequate judge, and which rises up before Him in all its perfection. In other words, the judgment has to be fair. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Prophecy from the Bible is revealing itself as we speak. Impossible for such access to exist and be enjoyed till God had drawn near to man and shown us what He is to man. For the bare possession of a new nature or place would not enable us to do the will of God. In chapter 23 we find, "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. We must take care that we receive the sense which God intends, otherwise we may err seriously, to His dishonour and to our own hurt and that of others. Then, God stopped the sun and moon from going down and showered meteorite stones on the fleeing Amorites so that. And it seems well to remark it, because it is of considerable practical and also doctrinal importance, contrasting as it does the place of the Christian with that of the Jew. Both hornets and wasps are abundant in Palestine (compare Zorah, which may mean "town of hornets"). It is promised that they should conquer and subdue their enemies, the present occupants of the land of Canaan, who must be driven out to make room for them. (Exodus 21:1-36; Exodus 22:1-31; Exodus 23:1-33) These points do not call for particular remarks. You shall not be afraid of them. The third feast was equivalent to our Thanksgiving feast and it takes place in the harvest time of the year. Sometimes translated as a plague, hornets () are a key element in Redemption and, according to the Bible, helped the Hebrews conquer Israel after the Exodus from Egypt and like all the plagues, are prophesied to return in the end-of-days. Their leader Moses is instructing them regarding the ways of the LORD, and he's preparing them for their conquest of the promised land. But here we must take care. God, in his providence, often delays mercies, because we are not ready for them. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence." But it was presented here for the most part in a way that betrayed the condition of man not in positive precepts but in negative ones a most humbling proof of man's estate. They sting fiercely, but not unless molested. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto Jehovah. We know His tender mercy in the smallest matters; but in that which so nearly concerns His honour, it is indeed a truly merciful provision that the Great High Priest bears the iniquity of holy things, where other wise defilement would be fatal. Their stinger is up to 10 millimeters long and contains a potent neurotoxin called mandaratoxin, which, in cases of multiple hornets stinging simultaneously, can kill a human. The measure of it for the Christian is based on the fact that he possesses life, and that he has Christ Himself, the object which shows him the position in which he stands, and consequently the character of the relationship that attaches to him. And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee." Israel needed the time to grow into a vigorous and powerful state sufficiently strong and experienced enough to handle the problems involved in dispossessing so large a group of peoples, and in developing an orderly and civilized nation. Moreover. Deut 7:20. Speaking of hornets, have you ever been stung by a bee or a yellow jacket? We have what answers to it. The specific promises for Gods people were protection on their journey to the promised land, victory over enemies, health and prosperity in Canaan, and national expansion till they filled their allotted territory. The children of Israel didn't have to fight against the kings of the Amorites, because God's angel, God's terror, God's hornet cleared the land for them! But it remains always true that there is this difference. Each year in Japan, the human death toll caused by Asian giant hornet stings is around 40-50. The reason is manifest. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. But in this chapter, and indeed in the next still more, the people entreat that God's voice should not speak to them any more. As being a position, it may have so far a more external sound, but it is a real deliverance, which grace now confers on us in Christ Jesus, not merely the communication of a life which hates sin, but the putting one according to the new place of Christ Himself before God. A certain reserve becomes requisite to majesty; whereas such considerations disappear in the nearness of relationship He is pleased to enter into with us. It is not Christianity to talk of "deficiencies of the Spirit," any more than of "still remaining tendencies to sin;" still less to call in the discipline of the law to mend matters. He will not give up his love and desire for Israel. By and by we shall bear the image of the heavenly. But man was insensible, and therefore, inasmuch as his heart was continually taking the place of self-righteousness, God's law put him thoroughly to the test. When the time was come, He took a basin of water and a towel, and washed His disciples' feet. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hornet. I will fulfill the number of your days. He immediately adds, "and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation." "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. Under this falls the Christian testimony now, as the result of the entrance of Christ into heavenly places; and under this will fall the future fruit-bearing portion and testimony of Israel in the day when Christ will appear in glory from the heavens. But what of the two kings of the Amorites? There were only two major battles in the conquest of the land when the Amorite kings assembled their forces. According to Jewish tradition, the ten-plagues and all of the wonders that appeared during the Exodus from Egypt will reappear before the Messiah. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land becomes desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. In these shadows* we may see two very different characters or classes, we may say, into which they are divisible. Does not He mean what He says? Moses wanted` nothing apart from the people; even if he went out of the camp, it was to gather so much more of blessing for the people that he had left behind. The mention of only three here actually stands for all of them, the same being a type of metaphor called synecdoche, in which one, or two or three, of related entities is merely a short form for all of them. They left the ground of the grace of God, which they had in no wise appreciated. Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Our only business is to learn what He is, what He says, and, more than that, to confide in Him; and when we do not know what He means, always to take the ground of faith against all adversaries. That is, we are children as having God's own nature. Salem Media Group. III. neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause ( Exodus 23:1-3 ). For the soul the great change is a fact; it remains for the body when the Lord comes. He who cannot appreciate the blessedness of such a place, with the great high priest bearing up thus the names of God's people before God, must be very insensible to the highest favours. Exodus 30:1-38; Exodus 30:1-38 resumes the account, for a reason already explained, of the various vessels of the sanctuary which had to follow the priesthood, and pursue the truth meant by it, namely, the means of access to God. Three gracious promises are here made to Israel, to engage them to their duty and encourage them in it; and each of the promises has some needful precepts and cautions joined to it. 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