Exodus 34:24

For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Israel through Moses at Mount Sinai, immediately after detailing the three annual pilgrimages and renewing the covenant. The statement functions as a divine guarantee accompanying the march into Canaan.

The words — The Hebrew אוֹרִישׁ ('o.Rish) means "I will dispossess," and הִרְחַבְתִּי (hir.chav.Ti) means "I will enlarge," directly naming God as the agent who removes nations and expands Israel's borders.

The thread — This displacement of nations and territorial expansion recurs in Exodus 33:2 and Psalms 78:55, while Deuteronomy 12:20 frames the expansion as a future condition rather than a completed event.

Why it lands — The text establishes that safe pilgrimage and land security depend on God's active intervention, not human defense. It ties covenant obedience directly to divine protection during the annual appearances before the LORD.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.

Cross-references

Psalms 78:55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Exodus 33:2 And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Deuteronomy 12:20 When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
1 Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Acts 18:10 For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
Genesis 35:5 As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
Exodus 23:27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
Deuteronomy 19:8 And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,