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Exodus 23:20-33

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20 "I will send an angel ahead of you to protect you as you travel and to bring you to the place which I have prepared.
20 “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 Pay attention to him and obey him. Do not rebel against him, for I have sent him, and he will not pardon such rebellion
21 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 obey him and do everything I command, I will fight against all your enemies.
22 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 My angel will go ahead of you and take you into the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them.
23 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 Do not bow down to their gods or worship them, and do not adopt their religious practices. Destroy their gods and break down their sacred stone pillars.
24 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 If you worship me, the Lord your God, I will bless you with food and water and take away all your sicknesses.
25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
26 In your land no woman will have a miscarriage or be without children. I will give you long lives.
26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 "I will make the people who oppose you afraid of me; I will bring confusion among the people against whom you fight, and I will make all your enemies turn and run from you.
27 “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 throw your enemies into panic; I will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites as you advance.
28 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 within a year's time; if I did, the land would become deserted, and the wild animals would be too many for you.
29 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 Instead, I will drive them out little by little, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.
30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
31 I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out as you advance.
31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you.
32 Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods.
32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
33 Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you."
33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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