Ulangan 7:20

7:20 Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets ¹  among them until the very last ones who hide from you ²  perish.

Ulangan 30:11

Exhortation to Covenant Obedience

30:11 “This commandment I am giving ³  you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

[7:20]  ¹ tn The meaning of the term translated “hornets” (צִרְעָה, tsir’ah) is debated. Various suggestions are “discouragement” (HALOT 1056-57 s.v.; cf. NEB, TEV, CEV “panic”; NCV “terror”) and “leprosy” (J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy [JPSTC], 360, n. 33; cf. NRSV “the pestilence”), as well as “hornet” (BDB 864 s.v.; cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT). The latter seems most suitable to the verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “send”; cf. Exod 23:28; Josh 24:12).

[7:20]  ² tn Heb “the remnant and those who hide themselves.”

[30:11]  ³ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you.”