Exodus 23:20-33
Christian Standard Bible
Promises and Warnings
20 “I am going to send an angel(A) before you to protect you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Be attentive to him and listen to him. Do not defy him, because he will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for my name is in him.(B) 22 But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy(C) to your enemies and a foe to your foes. 23 For my angel will go before you and bring you to the land of the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.(D) 24 Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them[a] and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.(E) 25 Serve the Lord your God, and he[b] will bless your bread and your water. I will remove illnesses from you.(F) 26 No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.(G)
27 “I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror[c] and will throw into confusion(H) all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.[d] 28 I will send hornets[e](I) in front of you, and they will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hethites away from you. 29 I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you. 30 I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous[f] and take possession of the land. 31 I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[g] and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River.[h] For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.(J) 32 You must not make a covenant(K) with them or their gods. 33 They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods, it will be a snare for you.”(L)
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Exodus 23:20-33
New American Standard Bible
Conquest of the Land
20 “Behold, I am going to send (A)an angel before you to guard you along the way and (B)to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Be attentive to him and obey his voice; (C)do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your rebellion, since (D)My name is in him. 22 But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then (E)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 (F)For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them. 24 (G)You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; (H)but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their (I)memorial stones in pieces. 25 (J)And you shall serve the Lord your God, [a]and He will bless your bread and your water; and (K)I will remove sickness from your midst. 26 There will be no one miscarrying or (L)unable to have children in your land; (M)I will fulfill the number of your days. 27 I will (N)send My terror ahead of you, and (O)throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will (P)make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28 And I will send (Q)hornets ahead of you so that they will (R)drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from you. 29 (S)I will not drive them out from you in a single year, so that the land will not become desolate and the animals of the field become too numerous for you. 30 I will drive them out from you (T)little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land. 31 (U)I will set your boundary from the [b]Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River; (V)for I will hand over the inhabitants of the land to you, and you will (W)drive them out from you. 32 (X)You shall [c]make no covenant with them (Y)or with their gods. 33 (Z)They shall not live in your land, otherwise they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, (AA)it is certain to be a snare to you.”
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- Exodus 23:25 Or that He may bless
- Exodus 23:31 Lit Sea of Reeds
- Exodus 23:32 Lit cut
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