Exodus 23:27 - Exposition

I will send my fear before thee. The fear which fell upon the nations is seen first in the case of Balak and the Moabites. "Moab was sore aft-aid of the people, because they were many" ( Numbers 22:3 ). Later it is spoken of by Rahab as general ( Joshua 2:9 , Joshua 2:11 ). A very signal indication of the alarm felt is given in the history of the Gibeonites ( Joshua 9:3 , Joshua 9:27 ). I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee . For the fulfilment of this promise see Numbers 21:3 , Numbers 21:24 , Numbers 21:35 ; Numbers 31:7 ; Joshua 8:20-24 ; Joshua 10:10 , etc. Had their obedience been more complete, the power of the Canaanitish nations would have been more thoroughly broken, and the sufferings and servitudes related in the Book of Judges would not have had to be endured.