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Exodus 23:20

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18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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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.

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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

  • Exodus 33:14

    And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

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  • Psalms 91:11

    For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

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  • Exodus 32:34

    Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.

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  • Exodus 14:19

    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

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  • Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, 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 again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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  • Matthew 25:34

    Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

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