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Exodus 23:23-33

23Formineangelמַלְאָכִי֮mal.'a.KhiH4397shallgoH935beforethee,andbringוֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ֗ve.he.vi.'a.KhaH935theeinuntotheAmoriteהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ha.'e.mo.RiH567,andtheHittiteוְהַ֣חִתִּ֔יve.Ha.chi.TiH2850,andthePerizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּי֙ve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522,andtheCanaaniteוְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יve.ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669,theHiviteהַחִוִּ֖יha.chi.ViH2340,andtheJebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִ֑יve.hay.vu.SiH2983:andIwillcutthemoff.

24Thou shaltnotbowתִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤הtish.ta.cha.VehH7812downtotheirgodsלֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙le.lo.hei.HemH430,norserveתָֽעָבְדֵ֔םta.'a.ve.DemH5647them,nordoaftertheirworksכְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑םke.ma.'a.sei.HemH4639;butthou shaltutterlyoverthrowthem,andbreakH7665inpiecestheirpillarsמַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ma.tze.vo.tei.HemH4676.

25Andyeshallserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗םva.'a.vad.TemH5647JehovahyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andhewillblessוּבֵרַ֥ךְu.ve.RakhH1288thybreadH3899,andthywaterמֵימֶ֑יךָmei.Mei.khaH4325;andIwilltakesicknessמַחֲלָ֖הma.cha.LahH4245awayH5493fromthemidstמִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃mi.kir.Be.chaH7130ofthee.

26Thereshallnonecastheryoung,norbeתִהְיֶ֛הtih.YehH1961barrenוַעֲקָרָ֖הva.'a.ka.RahH6135,inthylandבְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָbe.'ar.Tze.khaH776:thenumberמִסְפַּ֥רmis.ParH4557ofthydaysיָמֶ֖יךָya.Mei.khaH3117Iwillfulfil.

27Iwillsendאֲשַׁלַּ֣ח'a.sha.LachH7971myterrorאֵֽימָתִי֙'ei.ma.TiH367beforethee,andwilldiscomfitallthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971towhomthou shaltcomeH935,andIwillmakeH5414allthineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֛יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341turntheirbacksH6203unto thee.

28AndIwillsendוְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥יve.sha.lach.TiH7971thehornetהַצִּרְעָ֖הha.tzir.'AhH6880beforethee, whichshalldriveוְגֵרְשָׁ֗הve.ge.re.ShahH1644outtheHiviteהַחִוִּ֧יha.chi.ViH2340,theCanaaniteהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669,andtheHittiteהַחִתִּ֖יha.chi.TiH2850,frombeforethee.

29Iwillnotdriveאֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ'a.ga.re.She.nuH1644themoutfrombeforetheeinoneאֶחָ֑ת'e.ChatH259yearבְּשָׁנָ֣הbe.sha.NahH8141,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776becomeתִּהְיֶ֤הtih.YehH1961desolate,andthebeastsofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704multiplyagainstthee.

30Bylittleמְעַ֥טme.'AtH4592andlittleמְעַ֛טme.'AtH4592Iwilldriveאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ'a.ga.re.She.nuH1644themoutfrombeforethee,untilthoubeincreased,andinheritH5157thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

31AndIwillsetH5414thyborderגְּבֻלְךָ֗ge.vul.KhaH1366fromtheRedSeaמִיַּם־mi.yam-H3220evenuntotheseaיָ֣םyamH3220ofthePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430,andfromthewildernessוּמִמִּדְבָּ֖רu.mi.mid.BarH4057untotheRiverהַנָּהָ֑רha.na.HarH5104:forIwilldelivertheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776intoyourhandבְּיֶדְכֶ֗םbe.yed.KhemH3027:andthou shaltdriveוְגֵרַשְׁתָּ֖מוֹve.ge.rash.Ta.movH1644themoutbeforethee.

32Thou shaltmakeתִכְרֹ֥תtikh.RotH3772nocovenantבְּרִֽית׃be.RitH1285withthem,norwiththeirgodsוְלֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶ֖םve.le.lo.hei.HemH430.

33Theyshallnotdwellיֵשְׁבוּ֙ye.she.VuH3427inthylandבְּאַרְצְךָ֔be.'ar.tze.KhaH776,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435theymaketheesinיַחֲטִ֥יאוּya.cha.Ti.'uH2398againstme;forifthouserveתַעֲבֹד֙ta.'a.VodH5647theirgodsאֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.HemH430,itwillsurelybeH1961asnareלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃ פle.mo.KeshH4170unto thee.

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