King James Version
Exodus 23:21 in the King James Version says “Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
Exodus 23:21 · KJV
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
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
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“Beware”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“of”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“him and obey”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“him not for he will not pardon”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for my name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“is in him”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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