Exodus 23:20-33
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Will Drive Out Israel’s Enemies
20 “Behold, I am going to send (A)an angel before you to keep you along the way and (B)to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Keep watch of yourself before him and listen to his voice; (C)do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since (D)My name is in him. 22 But if you truly listen to his voice and do all that I speak, 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 in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will annihilate them. 24 (G)You shall not worship their gods, you shall not serve them, and you shall not do according to their deeds; (H)but you shall utterly pull them down and shatter their (I)sacred pillars in pieces. 25 (J)But you shall serve Yahweh your God, [a]and He will bless your bread and your water; and (K)I will remove sickness from your midst. 26 There shall be no one miscarrying or (L)barren 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 [b]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 before you. 29 (S)I will not drive them out before you in a single year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. 30 I will drive them out before you (T)little by little, until you become fruitful and take the land as an inheritance. 31 (U)And I will set your boundary from the [c]Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the [d]River; (V)for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will (W)drive them out from before you. 32 (X)You shall cut no covenant with them (Y)or with their gods. 33 (Z)They shall not live in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, (AA)it will surely be a snare to you.”
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- Exodus 23:25 Or that He may bless
- Exodus 23:27 Lit offer their necks
- Exodus 23:31 Lit Sea of Reeds
- Exodus 23:31 The Euphrates River
Exodus 23:20-33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Conquest of Canaan Promised
20 “I am going to send an angel in front of you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.(A) 21 Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.(B)
22 “But if you listen attentively to his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.(C)
23 “When my angel goes in front of you and brings you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,(D) 24 you shall not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices, but you shall utterly demolish them and break their pillars in pieces.(E) 25 You shall serve the Lord your God, and I[a] will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.(F) 26 No one shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.(G) 27 I will send my terror in front of you and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28 And I will send swarms of hornets[b] in front of you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.(H) 29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you.(I) 30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. 31 I will set your borders from the Red Sea[c] to the sea of the Philistines and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will hand over to you the inhabitants of the land, and you shall drive them out before you.(J) 32 You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.(K) 33 They shall not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”(L)
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