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
Exodus 23:20-33
International Standard Version
God Promises Help as the Israelis Enter Canaan
20 “Look, I’m sending an angel in front of you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I’ve prepared. 21 Be careful! Be sure to obey him. Don’t rebel against him, because he won’t forgive your transgression, since my Name is in him. 22 Indeed, if you carefully obey him and do everything that I say, then I’ll be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries, 23 because my angel will go ahead of you and will bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I’ll annihilate them. 24 You are not to bow down to their gods or serve them. You are not to follow their practices,[a] but you are to overthrow them completely and smash their sacred stones[b] to pieces. 25 You are to serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your food[c] and water, and I’ll remove sickness from you. 26 No woman will miscarry or be barren in your land, and I’ll make every day of your life complete.[d]
27 “I’ll go ahead of you and terrorize all the people to whom you are coming. I’ll confuse your enemies and make them turn their backs on you and run away.[e] 28 I’ll send hornets ahead of you and they’ll drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you. 29 I won’t drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate and so that wild animals do not overrun you. 30 I’ll drive them out ahead of you little by little until you increase in numbers[f] and possess the land.
31 “I’ll set your borders from the Reed[g] Sea to the Sea of the Philistines,[h] and from the desert to the Euphrates[i] River, bringing[j] the inhabitants of the land under your control,[k] and you are to drive them out ahead of you. 32 You are not to make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 They are not to live in your land. Otherwise they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will become a snare for you.”
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- Exodus 23:24 Lit. do their deeds
- Exodus 23:24 Or pillars
- Exodus 23:25 Or bread
- Exodus 23:26 Lit. make the number of your days full
- Exodus 23:27 The Heb. lacks and run away
- Exodus 23:30 Lit. you are fruitful
- Exodus 23:31 So MT; LXX reads Red
- Exodus 23:31 I.e. Mediterranean Sea
- Exodus 23:31 MT lacks Euphrates
- Exodus 23:31 Lit. giving
- Exodus 23:31 Lit. into your hand
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