KJV King James Version
And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
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Judges 2:1
And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
WEB World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you:
ASV American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim,
Surrounding context — Judges 2
1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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וַיַּ֧עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמַלְאַךְ־H4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמִן־H4480 · minfromהַגִּלְגָּ֖לH1537 · gil.galGilgalאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַבֹּכִ֑ים פH1066 · bo.khimBochimוַיֹּאמֶר֩H559 · a.marto sayאַעֲלֶ֨הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶתְכֶ֜םH853 · et[Obj.]מִמִּצְרַ֗יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוָאָבִ֤יאH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶתְכֶם֙H853 · et[Obj.]אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָאָ֗רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙H7650 · sha.vato swearלַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םH1 · avfatherוָאֹמַ֕רH559 · a.marto sayלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotאָפֵ֧רH6565 · pa.rarto breakבְּרִיתִ֛יH1285 · be.ritcovenantאִתְּכֶ֖םH854 · etwithלְעוֹלָֽם׃H5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
Exodus 20:2I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Genesis 17:7-8And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.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.Leviticus 26:42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.Psalm 105:44-45And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;Exodus 14:14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.Exodus 14:19And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:Acts 7:30-33And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.Genesis 12:7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.Genesis 22:16-17And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.Judges 2:5And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.Exodus 33:14And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.Judges 13:3And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.Exodus 3:2-8And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.Zechariah 11:10And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor [us], for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.Leviticus 26:44And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I [am] the LORD their God.
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