Exodus 23:28

23:28 I will send ¹  hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

Exodus 33:2

33:2 I will send an angel ²  before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ³ 

Exodus 3:20

3:20 So I will extend my hand ⁴  and strike Egypt with all my wonders ⁵  that I will do among them, and after that he will release you. ⁶ 

[23:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and I will send.”

[33:2]  ² sn This seems not to be the same as the Angel of the Presence introduced before.

[33:2]  ³ sn See T. Ishida, “The Structure and Historical Implications of Lists of Pre-Israelite Nations,” Bib (1979): 461-90.

[3:20]  ³ sn The outstretched arm is a bold anthropomorphism. It describes the power of God. The Egyptians will later admit that the plagues were by the hand of God (Exod 8:19).

[3:20]  ⁴ tn The word נִפְלְאֹתַי (niflÿ’otay) does not specify what the intervention will be. As the text unfolds it will be clear that the plagues are intended. Signs and portents could refer to things people might do, but “wonders” only God could do. The root refers to that which is extraordinary, surpassing, amazing, difficult to comprehend. See Isa 9:6; Gen 18:14; Ps 139:6.

[3:20]  ⁵ sn The two uses of the root שָׁלָח (shalakh) in this verse contribute to its force. When the Lord “sends” (Qal) his hand, Pharaoh will “send” (Piel) the Israelites out of Egypt.