1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 23:28 | *Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in. Deuteronomy 7:20. | Hornets, or wasps, Wisdom 12:8. Josue (xxiv. 12) assures us this was verified. Thus scorpions forced the Ethiopians to abandon their country; and flies and wasps drove away the Mysians and Phaselides. See Bochart, 4:13. The latter people were of Phoenician extraction, and probably fled before Josue. Most of the Chanaanites withdrew into Africa; some perhaps into America. (Calmet) |