The Angel of the Lord at Bokim

2 The ·angel [messenger] of the Lord [^Can angelic spokesperson for God, sometimes identified with the Lord himself; Gen. 16:7; Ex. 14:19; 23:20] went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land I promised to give your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my ·agreement [covenant] with you [Gen. 17:7; Ex. 6:4]. ² But you must not make an ·agreement [covenant] with the people who live in this land [Ex. 23:32]. You must ·destroy [tear down] their altars [Deut. 7:2].’ But you did not obey me. How could you do this [^LWhat is this you have done]? ³ ·Now I tell you [or Then I told you; Num. 33:55; Josh. 23:12–13], ‘I will not ·force [drive] out the people in this land. They will ·be your enemies [or ensnare you; or be thorns in your side], and their gods will be a ·trap [snare] for you.’”

⁴ After the angel gave ·Israel [^Lthe sons/^Tchildren of Israel] this message from the Lord, they ·cried loudly [^Llifted up their voices and wept]. ⁵ So they named the place Bokim [^C“weeping ones”]. There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.