Exodus 23:20
What does Exodus 23:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 23:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`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;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold I will send my angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.
Context
v.19The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
v.20This passage
v.21Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
- 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:
- Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
- Numbers 20:16
and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.
- 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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