King James Version
Exodus 23:20 in the King James Version says “Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.”
Exodus 23:20 · KJV
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. sacrifice: or, feast
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.
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
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. an adversary: or, I will afflict them that afflict thee
KJV Study — Public Domain
“an Angel”
H4397a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“thee to keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“thee in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“thee into the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which I have prepared”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
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