Exodus 23:22

If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him.

23For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Hittite, and Perizzite, and Canaanite, and Girgashite, and Hivite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:16Let trembling and fear fall upon them; 1 By the greatness of thine arm, let them become as stone; 1 Till thy people pass over, O Lord, 1 Till this thy people pass over, whom thou hast purchased. 1

Numbers 24:9He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; 1 Who shall stir him up? 1 They that bless thee are blessed, 1 And they that curse thee are cursed.

Joshua 9:7And the children of Israel said to the Horite, Peradventure thou dwellest amongst us; and how should I make a covenant with thee?

Jeremiah 30:20Why do ye exult in the plains of the Enakim, thou haughty daughter, that trustest in thy treasures, that sayest, Who shall come in to me?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:21-33

Precepts and Promises. ( b. c. 1491.) 20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 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. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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