Exodus Chapter 23 verse 20 Holy Bible
Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.
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Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.
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Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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"Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
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`Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20-31. - THE REWARDS OF OBEDIENCE. God always places before men" the recompense of the reward." He does not require of them that they should serve him for nought. The "Book of the Covenant" appropriately ends with a number of promises, which God undertakes to perform, if Israel keeps the terms of the covenant. The promises are: - 1. That he will send an angel before them to be their guide, director, and helper (vers. 20 - 23). 2. That he will be the enemy of their enemies (ver. 22), striking terror into them miraculously (ver. 27), and subjecting them to other scourges also (ver. 28). 3. That he will drive out their enemies "by little and little" (ver. 30), not ceasing until he has destroyed them (ver. 23). . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersTHE PROMISES OF GOD TO ISRAEL, IF THE COVENANT IS KEPT.(20-33) The Book of the Covenant terminates, very appropriately, with a series of promises. God is "the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." He chooses to "reward men after their works," and to set before them "the recompense of the reward." He "knows whereof we are made," and by what motives we are influenced. Self-interest, the desire of our own good, is one of the strongest of them. If Israel will keep His covenant, they will enjoy the following blessings :--(1) The guidance and protection of His angel till Canaan is reached; (2) God's help against their adversaries, who will, little by little, be driven out; (3) the ultimate possession of the entire country between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea on the one hand, the Desert and the Euphrates on the other; (4) a blessing upon their flocks and herds, which shall neither be barren nor cast their young; and (5) a blessing upon themselves, whereby they will escape sickness and enjoy a long term of life. All these advantages, however, are conditional upon obedience, and may be forfeited.(20) I send an Angel before thee.--Kalisch considers Moses to have been the "angel" or "messenger;" others understand one of the created angelic host. But most commentators see in the promise the first mention of the "Angel of the Covenant," who is reasonably identified with the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, the Eternal Son and Word of God. When the promise is retracted on account of the sin of the golden calf, it is in the words, "I will not go up with thee" (Exodus 33:3).
