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20 "Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
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“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21 "Be on your guard before him and obey his voice; do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since My name is in him
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Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
22 "But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
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If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
23 "For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them.
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My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
24 "You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.
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Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
25 "But you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst.
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Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
26 "There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
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and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 "I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
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“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
28 "I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.
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I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29 "I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
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But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
30 "I will drive them out before you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land.
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Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
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