King James Version
Exodus 23:25 in the King James Version says “And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from th...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.”
Exodus 23:25 · KJV
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.
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. backs: Heb. neck
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“And ye shall serve”
H5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and he shall bless”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“from the midst”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
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