Exodus 23:20

Protection and safety Guidance and decisions Angels and the spiritual world

¹⁸ You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

¹⁹ Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

²¹ Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

²² But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
KJV: Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
WEB: “Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
ASV: Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
DARBY: Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.
BLB: Behold, I am sending an angel before your face to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.

ÅB: Se, jeg sender en engel foran deg for å vokte deg på veien og for å føre deg til det sted jeg har utsett for deg.
OTB: "Se, jeg sender en engel foran deg for å vokte deg på veien og føre deg til det stedet jeg har forberedt.
B1930: Se, jeg sender en engel foran dig for å vokte dig på veien og for å føre dig til det sted jeg har utsett for dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
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Psalms 91:11
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
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Exodus 32:34
Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
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Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
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Exodus 33:2
And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
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John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
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Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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