Hivite
Hivite spirit
The Hivite,[1] who or what are they.
God "promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites… the Hivites, and the Jebusites” (Exodus 3:17).
In Genesis 34 had narrated the violation of Dinah by Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, revealing the moral climate that led to genocide by the sons of Jacob. That unjust revenge lead them to the bondage of Egypt which was a mercy.
The consequence of their sin of revenge could have been much worse but for Jacob's repentance and rejection of Idolatry and his faithful building of the Altar of Bethel as Israel.
The Gibeonite Hivites secured a treaty through subterfuge in Joshua 9. They are consistently named among the seven nations of Canaan.[2] Genesis 10:17 lists them as descendants of Canaan, establishing their lineage within the Hamitic branch and explaining why they occupied the Promised Land prior to Israel.
The term Hivite includes the idea of deceptive covenants. The Gibeonite Hivites secured a treaty through subterfuge in Joshua 9. Israel’s leaders, having failed to seek divine counsel, were bound by oath: “The men of Israel said to the Hivites, ‘Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we make a treaty with you?’” (Joshua 9:7).
- Exodus 23:28 "And I will send <07971> (8804) hornets <06880> before <06440> thee, which shall drive out <01644> (8765) the Hivite(הַחִוִּ֧י אֶת־)[3] <02340>, the Canaanite (הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י אֶת־)<03669>, and the Hittite (הַחִתִּ֖י וְאֶת־)<02850>, from before <06440> thee.
The nature of Canaan[2] was a bloody system that reduced men to human resources through the covetous practices of Idolatry.[4] The episodes of the history of Israel and the Hivites not elevates the sanctity of vows and the necessity of prayerful discernment but also the dangers of cultures that accept the idea that lying is acceptable.
Footnotes
- ↑ 02340 חִוִּי Chivviy khiv-vee’ perhaps from 02333; n pr coll/adj pr gent; [BDB-295b] {See TWOT on 621 @@ "621a" } AV-Hivite 25; 25 Hivite= "villagers"
- 1) 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest
- Only an adjective in #Genesis 34:2 36:2. Always a noun with prefixed by the definite article.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Blood of Canaan
- Psalms 106:“36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood."
- Isaiah 19: “18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. {the language: Heb. the lip} {of destruction: or, of Heres, or, of the sun}”
- Isaiah 23:“11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. {against…: or, concerning a merchantman} {the merchant city: Heb. Canaan} {strong…: or, strengths}”
- [[Hosea 12]: “7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. {a merchant: or, Canaan} {oppress: or, deceive}”
- Genesis 23: “16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.”
- ↑ AlefTav
- ↑ Covetousness is idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- For it is written that the tables of dainties provided by rulers of the world are a snare because they cause the masses to bite one another through government systems of legal charity which are covetous practices which are a form of fornication or adultery where the people are devoured as merchandise, curse children and are "entangled again in the yoke of bondage" with the aid of the false religion of the whore who rides the beast.