New American Standard Bible 2020
Exodus 23:20-33
20“BeholdH2009, I am going to sendH7971 1an angelH4397 beforeH6440 you to guardH8104 you along the wayH1870 and 2to bringH935 you into the placeH4725 whichH834 I have preparedH3559.
21BeH8104 attentiveH8104 to him and obeyH8085 his voiceH6963; 3do not be rebelliousH4784 toward him, for he will not pardonH5375 your rebellionH6588, sinceH3588 4My nameH8034 is in him.
22But ifH518 you trulyH8085 obeyH8085 his voiceH6963 and doH6213 allH3605 that I sayH1696, then 5I will be an enemyH340 to your enemiesH340 and an adversaryH6696 to your adversariesH6887.
236For My angelH4397 will goH1980 beforeH6440 you and bringH935 you into the land of the AmoritesH567, the HittitesH2850, the PerizzitesH6522, the CanaanitesH3669, the HivitesH2340, and the JebusitesH2983; and I will completelyH3582 destroyH3582 them.
247You shall not worshipH2331 their godsH430, norH3808 serveH5647 them, norH3808 doH6213 according to their deedsH4639; 8but you shall utterlyH2040 overthrowH2040 them and breakH7665 their 9memorialH4676 stonesH4676 inH7665 piecesH7665.
2510And you shall serveH5647 the LordH3068 your GodH430, 11and He will blessH1288 your breadH3899 and your waterH4325; and 12I will removeH5493 sicknessH4245 from your midstH7130.
26There will be noH3808 one miscarryingH7921 or 13unableH6135 toH6135 haveH6135 childrenH6135 in your landH776; 14I will fulfillH4390 the numberH4557 of your daysH3117.
27I will 15sendH7971 My terrorH367 aheadH6440 of you, and 16throwH2000 intoH2000 confusionH2000 allH3605 the peopleH5971 among whomH834 you comeH935, and I will 17makeH5414 allH3605 your enemiesH340 turnH5414 their backsH6203 to you.
28And I will sendH7971 18hornetsH6880 aheadH6440 of you so that they will 19driveH1644 outH1644 the HivitesH2340, the CanaanitesH3669, and the HittitesH2850 from you.
2920I will not driveH1644 them outH1644 from you in a singleH259 yearH8141, soH6435 thatH6435 the landH776 will notH6435 becomeH1961 desolateH8077 and the animalsH2421 of the fieldH7704 becomeH7231 tooH5921 numerousH7231 for you.
30I will driveH1644 them outH1644 from you 21littleH4592 by littleH4592, untilH5704H834 you becomeH6509 fruitfulH6509 and takeH5157 possessionH5157 of the landH776.
3122I will setH7896 your boundaryH1366 from the 23RedH5488H3220 SeaH3220 to the seaH3220 of the PhilistinesH6430, and from the wildernessH4057 to the Euphrates RiverH5104; 24for I will handH3027H5414 overH5414 the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776 to you, and you will 25driveH1644 them outH1644 from you.
3226You shall 27makeH3772 noH3808 covenantH1285 with them 28or with their godsH430.
3329They shall not liveH3427 in your landH776, otherwiseH6435 they will make you sinH2398 against Me; for if you serveH5647 their godsH430, 30it is certainH3588 to be a snareH4170 to you.”
Notes
- 1. Exodus 23:20 Ex 3:2; 14:19; 23:23; 32:34; 33:2 ↩
- 2. Exodus 23:20 Ex 15:16, 17 ↩
- 3. Exodus 23:21 Deut 9:7; Ps 78:40, 56 ↩
- 4. Exodus 23:21 Ex 3:14; 6:3; 34:5-7 ↩
- 5. Exodus 23:22 Gen 12:3; Num 24:9; Deut 30:7 ↩
- 6. Exodus 23:23 Ex 23:20; Josh 24:8, 11 ↩
- 7. Exodus 23:24 Ex 20:5; 23:13, 33; Deut 12:30f ↩
- 8. Exodus 23:24 Num 33:52; Deut 7:5; 12:3; 2 Kin 18:4 ↩
- 9. Exodus 23:24 Ex 34:13; Lev 26:1; 2 Kin 3:2 ↩
- 10. Exodus 23:25 Lev 26:3-13; Deut 6:13; 10:12; 28:1-14; Josh 22:5; 1 Sam 12:20; Matt 4:10 ↩
- 11. Exodus 23:25 Or that He may bless ↩
- 12. Exodus 23:25 Ex 15:26; Deut 7:15 ↩
- 13. Exodus 23:26 Deut 7:14 ↩
- 14. Exodus 23:26 Deut 4:40; Job 5:26 ↩
- 15. Exodus 23:27 Gen 35:5; Ex 15:16; Deut 2:25; Josh 2:9 ↩
- 16. Exodus 23:27 Deut 7:23 ↩
- 17. Exodus 23:27 Ps 18:40; 21:12 ↩
- 18. Exodus 23:28 Deut 7:20; Josh 24:12 ↩
- 19. Exodus 23:28 Ex 33:2; 34:11 ↩
- 20. Exodus 23:29 Deut 7:22 ↩
- 21. Exodus 23:30 Deut 7:22 ↩
- 22. Exodus 23:31 Gen 15:18; Deut 1:7, 8; 11:24 ↩
- 23. Exodus 23:31 Lit Sea of Reeds ↩
- 24. Exodus 23:31 Deut 2:36; Josh 21:44 ↩
- 25. Exodus 23:31 Josh 24:12, 18 ↩
- 26. Exodus 23:32 Ex 34:12; Deut 7:2 ↩
- 27. Exodus 23:32 Lit cut ↩
- 28. Exodus 23:32 Ex 23:13, 24 ↩
- 29. Exodus 23:33 Deut 7:1-5, 16 ↩
- 30. Exodus 23:33 Ex 34:12; Deut 12:30; Josh 23:13; Judg 2:3; Ps 106:36 ↩
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
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