Exodus 23:20

Exodus 23:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
• New International Version (NIV)“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

Context of Exodus 23:20

18When you kill an animal to offer it to me as a sacrifice, do not offer it with bread that has yeast in it. Be sure to burn all the fat of the animal on the same day. Do not keep any of it until the next morning. 19When you cut the first crops from your fields, bring the best food to the house of the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk. Look! I will send an angel to lead you on your journey. He will keep you safe. He will take you to the place that I have prepared for you. 21Be careful to obey him. Listen to what he says to you. Do not turn against him. If you do that, he will not forgive you. I have given him my authority. 22So be careful to obey him. Do everything that I tell you. Then I will be the enemy of your enemies. I will fight against anyone who fights against you.

Exodus 23:20 word by word

הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י שֹׁלֵ֤חַ מַלְאָךְ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖ בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ וְלַהֲבִ֣יאֲךָ֔ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲכִנֹֽתִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• an Angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee, to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• thee in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• and to bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• thee into the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• which I have preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559

Cross-references for Exodus 23:20

• Exodus 3:2The angel of the Lord appeared to Moses there. The angel looked like a fire that was burning in the middle of a bush. Moses looked at the bush. He saw that it was on fire, but the fire still did not destroy it.
• Exodus 14:19The angel of God had been leading the army of the Israelites. Now he moved and he went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved and it stood behind the army.
• Exodus 32:34Now go! Lead the Israelites to the place that I have told you about. My angel will go in front of you. But on the day for punishment, I will certainly punish them for their sin.’
• Exodus 33:2I will send an angel to lead you. I will chase the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites out of the land.
• Genesis 48:16He is the Angel who has kept me safe. I pray that he will bless these boys. I pray that, because of them, people will remember my name, and the names of my ancestors, Abraham and Isaac. I pray that they will have many descendants who live all over the earth.’
• Numbers 20:16But when we asked the Lord to help us, he heard us. He sent an angel and he brought us out from Egypt. Now we are here at Kadesh, which is a town at the border of your land.
• Joshua 5:13While Joshua was near Jericho, a man appeared to him. Joshua looked up and there he was! He stood in front of Joshua with a sword in his hand. Joshua went towards him. He asked the man, ‘Are you here to help us, or to help our enemies?’
• Joshua 6:2The Lord said to Joshua, ‘I will soon give Jericho to you. I will put its king and all its brave soldiers under your power.
• Psalms 91:11For God will tell his angels to keep you safe. They will protect you wherever you go.
• Isaiah 63:9When his people suffered, he also had pain. He sent his own angel to go and save them. Because he loved them and he was kind to them, he redeemed them. He lifted them up and he carried them, through all the years long ago.
• Malachi 3:1‘Look! I will send someone to speak my message. He will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord that you are waiting for will quickly return to his temple. The one who brings the message about the covenant will certainly come. He is the one that you really want to see.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
• 1 Corinthians 10:9Nor must we do bad things to see whether the Lord will punish us. Some of our ancestors did that, and God sent snakes to destroy them.
• Genesis 15:18On that day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram. The Lord promised, ‘I give this land to your descendants. The land starts from the river of Egypt and continues as far as the River Euphrates.
• Matthew 25:34The king will say to those people who are on his right side, “Come here. My Father has been good to you. He has prepared a place for you in his kingdom. That kingdom has been ready for you since the time that God made the world.
• John 14:3After I have prepared a place for you, I will return. Then I will take you so that you will be with me. You will be where I am.

Commentaries on Exodus 23:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Behold, I send an Angel before thee - Some have thought that this was Moses, others Joshua, because the word מלאך malach signifies an angel or messenger; but as it is said, Exodus 23:21, My name is in him, (בקרבו bekirbo, intimately, essentially in him), it is more likely that the great Angel of the Covenant, the Lord Jesus Christ, is meant, in whom dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. We have had already much reason to believe that this glorious…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20An Angel - See Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:8; Joshua 5:13; Isaiah 63:9.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 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 thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9. They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan. How reasonable are the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23an angel: Probably "the angel of the LORD," often representing God himself (see 3:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2520-25. Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way--The communication of these laws, made to Moses and by him rehearsed to the people, was concluded by the addition of many animating promises, intermingled with several solemn warnings that lapses into sin and idolatry would not be tolerated or passed with impunity.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Exodus 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings