Exodus 23:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י שֹׁלֵ֤חַ מַלְאָךְ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖ בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ וְלַהֲבִ֣יאֲךָ֔ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲכִנֹֽתִי׃

Transliteration

Behold ʾānōkî šōlēaḥ malʾāk before-you to-šomārkā in-the-dārek and-to-hăbîʾăkā to-the-māqôm which hăkînōtî

Grammar Details

*ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun 1st person common singular - I
*šōlēaḥ*: qal participle masculine singular - sending
*malʾāk*: noun masculine singular - messenger/angel
*šomārkā*: qal infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to keep/guard you
*dārek*: noun masculine singular - way/road/journey
*hăbîʾăkā*: hiphil infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to bring you
*māqôm*: noun masculine singular - place/location
*hăkînōtî*: hiphil perfect 1st person common singular - I have prepared

Word Meanings

*malʾāk*: messenger/angel/envoy
*šomārkā*: to keep/guard/protect/watch over you
*hăbîʾăkā*: to bring you/to lead you/to cause you to enter
*hăkînōtî*: I have prepared/established/made ready

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Referenced Verses

Exod 14:19 : 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
Exod 32:34 : 34 And now go, lead the people unto [the place] of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.
Exod 33:14 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.
Exod 33:2 : 2 and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Isa 63:9 : 9 In 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.
Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Josh 5:13 : 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Josh 6:2 : 2 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.
Gen 48:16 : 16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Exod 3:2-6 : 2 And the angel of Jehovah 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. 3 And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exod 15:17 : 17 Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Num 20:16 : 16 and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.
Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
1 Cor 10:9-9 : 9 Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them {G2532} made trial, and perished by the serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them {G2532} murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Ps 91:11 : 11 For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 23:21-23
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21Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
22But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23For 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.
Exod 33:2-3
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2and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
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Exod 32:34
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34And now go, lead the people unto [the place] of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.
Ps 91:11
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11For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
Exod 14:19
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19And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
Deut 1:33
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33who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
Exod 23:19
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19The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.
Gen 24:7
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Exod 23:27-28
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27I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
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Num 20:16
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16and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.
Gen 24:40
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30Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
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Luke 4:10-11
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10for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee:
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Judg 2:1
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Zech 2:3
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Exod 20:2-3
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Exod 13:21
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Exod 13:11
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Deut 23:14
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Num 22:32
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Num 22:26
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Deut 14:24
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Isa 52:12
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Judg 6:22
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Exod 19:4
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Deut 8:2
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Exod 20:24
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Ps 32:8
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