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

18“Do not offer the blood of My sacrifice with hametz. Nor is the fat of My feast to remain out all night until the morning. 19Bring the choicest firstfruits of your land into the House of Adonai your God. “Do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk. “Behold, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. 21Watch for Him and listen to His voice. Do not rebel against Him because He will not pardon your transgression, for My Name is in Him. 22But if you listen closely to His voice, and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

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 3:2Then the angel of Adonai appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. So he looked and saw the bush burning with fire, yet it was not consumed.
• Exodus 14:19Then the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. Also the pillar of cloud moved from in front and stood behind them,
• Exodus 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place that I told you about. My angel will go before you. Nevertheless, on the day when I take account, I will hold them accountable for their sin.”
• Exodus 33:2I will send an angel before you. I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and the Jebusites.
• Genesis 48:16The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, May He bless the boys, and may they be called by my name, and by the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. May they multiply to a multitude in the midst of the land.”
• Numbers 20:16But we cried out to Adonai, He heard our cry, sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. See now, we are at Kadesh, a town on the frontier of your territory.
• Joshua 5:13Now it came to pass when Joshua was near Jericho that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man standing in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua approached him and said to him: “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”
• Joshua 6:2Then Adonai said to Joshua, “Look, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty warriors.
• Psalms 91:11For He will give His angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways.
• Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction He was afflicted. So the angel of His presence saved them. In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, then He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
• Malachi 3:1“Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. Suddenly He will come to His Temple —the Lord whom you seek— and the Messenger of the covenant —the One whom you desire— behold, He is coming,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• 1 Corinthians 10:9And let’s not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were destroyed by serpents.
• Genesis 15:18On that day Adonai cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
• Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• John 14:3If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be.

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

Topics related to Exodus 23:20

• Angel (a Spirit)
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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