And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
God makes this covenant openly with the whole people through Moses as their spokesman. He pledges to work such marvels in the conquest that He proves Himself their peculiar God, setting them apart from all other nations, and they shall see it with their own eyes, convinced by their senses to submit faithfully to His dominion.
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The traitors are pardoned and made favorites again. When the covenant was broken, Israel broke it; now that it is renewed, God makes it, so if there be peace, God must have all the glory. These marvels are without precedent, the joy of Israel and the terror of their enemies, wrought to confirm their faith and prove His dominion over nations.
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Commenting on Exodus 34:10-17
God renews the covenant He had made, binding Himself to forgive the people's sin, go with them, and drive out Canaan's inhabitants; binding them to avoid idolatry and alliances with the nations cast out. The marvels, the earth swallowing the rebels, the divided Jordan, walls falling at a shout, the sun standing still, were such as have never been done in any nation, plainly the Lord's doing and not man's.
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