Exodus 23:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Angel of the Presence“I am going to send an angel before you to protect you as you journey and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 14:19 : 19 The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
  • Exod 32:34 : 34 So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin.”
  • Exod 33:14 : 14 And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
  • Exod 33:2 : 2 I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • Josh 5:13 : 13 Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”
  • Josh 6:2 : 2 The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 the Angel who has protected me from all harm– bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”
  • Exod 3:2-6 : 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed! 3 So Moses thought,“I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?” 4 When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.” 5 God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
  • Exod 15:17 : 17 You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O LORD, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
  • Num 20:16 : 16 So when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 “I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.
  • 1 Cor 10:9-9 : 9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes. 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–
  • Ps 91:11 : 11 For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:21-23
    3 verses
    80%

    21Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.

    22But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

    23For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.

  • Exod 33:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

    3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

  • Exod 32:34
    75%

    34So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin.”

  • Ps 91:11
    73%

    11For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

  • Exod 14:19
    72%

    19The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

  • Deut 1:33
    71%

    33the one who would go before you on the way to find places for you to camp, appearing in a fire at night and in a cloud by day to show you the way you ought to go.

  • Exod 23:19
    71%

    19The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God.“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  • Gen 24:7
    71%

    7“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

  • Exod 23:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27“I will send my terror before you, and I will alarm all the people whom you encounter; I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

    28I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

  • Num 20:16
    71%

    16So when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country.

  • Gen 24:40
    71%

    40He answered,‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

  • Deut 1:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

    31and in the wilderness, where you saw him carrying you along like a man carries his son. This he did everywhere you went until you came to this very place.”

  • Luke 4:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10for it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’

    11and‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

  • Judg 2:1
    69%

    1Confrontation and Repentance at Bokim The LORD’s angel went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said,“I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said,‘I will never break my covenant with you,

  • Ps 34:7
    68%

    7The LORD’s angel camps around the LORD’s loyal followers and delivers them.

  • Zech 2:3
    68%

    3At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him

  • Exod 20:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2“I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

    3“You shall have no other gods before me.

  • Num 15:18
    68%

    18“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you enter the land to which I am bringing you

  • Gen 28:15
    68%

    15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

  • Judg 13:15
    68%

    15Manoah said to the LORD’s angel,“Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”

  • Ezek 20:19
    68%

    19I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.

  • Ezek 20:10
    68%

    10“‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness.

  • Exod 13:21
    68%

    21Now the LORD was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel day or night.

  • Exod 13:11
    67%

    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

  • Lev 22:33
    67%

    33the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 23:14
    67%

    14For the LORD your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

  • Num 22:32
    67%

    32The angel of the LORD said to him,“Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.

  • Num 22:26
    67%

    26Then the angel of the LORD went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

  • Deut 14:24
    67%

    24When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant,

  • Num 22:24
    67%

    24Then the angel of the LORD stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side.

  • Isa 52:12
    67%

    12Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

  • Judg 6:22
    67%

    22When Gideon realized that it was the LORD’s angel, he said,“Oh no! Sovereign LORD! I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”

  • Exod 19:4
    67%

    4‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

  • Deut 8:2
    67%

    2Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the wilderness so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

  • Exod 3:12
    67%

    12He replied,“Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God at this mountain.”

  • Exod 20:24
    66%

    24‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

  • Matt 18:10
    66%

    10The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

  • Ps 32:8
    66%

    8I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

  • Acts 7:30
    66%

    30“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

  • Exod 34:12
    66%

    12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

  • Exod 34:26
    66%

    26“The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God.You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

  • Exod 3:10
    66%

    10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”