Who is going to destroy the Canaanite nations in Exodus 23?
In Exodus 23, Jehovah—the angel of the Lord, identified as God the Son—is the one who will destroy the Canaanite nations. He promises to go before Israel and cut off the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, sending His fear before them.
Les explains that the angel in Exodus 23 is Jehovah Himself, God the Son. He points out that the angel of the Lord is always God the Son, the Redeemer, Jehovah in the Old Testament and Christ in the New. In verse 23, this angel goes before Israel to bring them into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and God says, 'I will cut them off.' Then in verse 27, God says, 'I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy.' So the destroying is done by Jehovah, the angel of the Lord, who is God the Son.
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.
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.
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Who destroys the nations and makes Israel's enemies flee in Exodus 23?
God Himself is the one who will destroy the peoples Israel comes to and make all their enemies turn their backs and run before them, so Israel does not have to do the destroying.