Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Study Helps
Interpretation
It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before you, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them.
Glossary
- Bow Tribe
- The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase ( Gen. 21:20 ; 27:3 ; 48:22 ). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for the use of the bow ( 1 Chr. 8:40 ; 12:2 ; 2 Chr. 14:8 ; 17:17 ); so also were the Elamites.