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Exodus 23:21-23
New English Translation
Exodus 23:21-23
New English Translation
21 Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my Name[a] is in him. 22 But if you diligently obey him[b] and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries. 23 For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.[c]
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- Exodus 23:21 sn This means “the manifestation of my being” is in him (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 247). Driver quotes McNeile as saying, “The ‘angel’ is Jehovah Himself ‘in a temporary descent to visibility for a special purpose.’” Others take the “name” to represent Yahweh’s “power” (NCV) or “authority” (NAB, CEV).
- Exodus 23:22 tn The infinitive absolute here does not add as great an emphasis as normal, but emphasizes the condition that is being set forth (see GKC 342-43 §113.o).
- Exodus 23:23 tn Heb “will cut them off” (so KJV, ASV).
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