Exodus 23:25-27

Exodus 23:25-27. And ye shall serve the Lord your God— In consequence of their utter extirpation of idols and idolatry, and their obedience to God, he promises every sort of temporal blessings: Plenty of meat and drink; implied in the words bread and water; see 1 Samuel 25:11. Health; I will take sickness away, &c. Fruitfulness and increase, Exo 23:26 and long life; the number of thy days I will fulfil. See Psalms 90:10; Psa 55:23 besides which, the Lord promises to send a panic fear upon their enemies; which we find verified, Jos 2:9-11 and confirmed by an old inscription in Procopius, (lib. 2: De Reb. Vandal.) found not far from Tangier, which imported, that the ancient inhabitants of that country had fled from the face of Joshua, the son of Nun.