Exodus 23:26

26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.

Exodus 23:26 in Other Translations

KJV
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
ESV
26 None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
NLT
26 There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.
MSG
26 there won't be any miscarriages nor barren women in your land. I'll make sure you live full and complete lives.
CSB
26 No woman will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give [you] the full number of your days.

Exodus 23:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 23:26

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren in the
land
There shall be no abortions or miscarriages, nor sterility or barrenness, either among the Israelites, or their cattle of every kind, so that there should be a great increase, both of men and beasts:

the number of thy days I will fulfil;
which was fixed for each of them, in his eternal purposes and decrees; or what, according to the temperament of their bodies and the course of nature, which, humanly speaking, it might be supposed they would arrive unto; or generally the common term of human life, which, in the days of Moses, was threescore years and ten, or fourscore, see ( Job 14:5 ) ( Ecclesiastes 3:2 ) ( Psalms 90:10 ) , it may be considered whether any respect is had to the time of their continuance in the land of Canaan, the term of which was fixed in the divine mind, or the fulness of time in which the Messiah was to come.

Exodus 23:26 In-Context

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 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
26 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 every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Leviticus 26:3-4; Deuteronomy 7:14; Deuteronomy 28:4; Malachi 3:11
  • 2. S Genesis 15:15; Deuteronomy 4:1,40; Deuteronomy 32:47; Psalms 90:10; Job 5:26
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