KJV King James Version
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, [and] the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 23:23
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, [and] the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
WEB World English Bible
For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.
ASV American Standard Version
For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
Surrounding context — Exodus 23
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 Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, [and] the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
24 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.
25 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.
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
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כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיֵלֵ֣ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentמַלְאָכִי֮H4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerלְפָנֶיךָ֒H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ֗H935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙H567 · e.mo.riAmoriteוְהַ֣חִתִּ֔יH2850 · chit.tiHittiteוְהַפְּרִזִּי֙H6522 · pe.riz.ziPerizziteוְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יH3669 · ke.na.a.niCanaaniteהַחִוִּ֖יH2340 · chiv.viHiviteוְהַיְבוּסִ֑יH2983 · ye.vu.siJebusiteוְהִכְחַדְתִּֽיו׃H3582 · ka.chadto hide
Cross-references
Exodus 23:20Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.Isaiah 5:13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.Genesis 15:19-21The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,Genesis 34:2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.Exodus 32:2And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.Exodus 3:17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.Joshua 24:8-11And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
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