Chūāijíjì 23:20-33

20 Kàn nǎ , wǒ chāiqiǎn shǐzhĕ zaì nǐ qiánmian , zaì lù shàng bǎohù nǐ , lǐng nǐ dào wǒ suǒ yùbeì de dìfang qù .

21 Tā shì fèng wǒ míng lái de , nǐmen yào zaì tā miànqián jǐnshèn , tīng cóng tāde huà , bùkĕ rĕ ( rĕ huò zuò wéibeì ) tā , yīnwei tā bì bú shèmiǎn nǐmen de guò fàn .

22 Nǐ ruò shízaì tīng cóng tāde huà , zhào zhe wǒ yīqiè suǒ shuō de qù xíng , wǒ jiù xiàng nǐde chóudí zuò chóudí , xiàng nǐde dírén zuò dírén .

23 Wǒde shǐzhĕ yào zaì nǐ qiánmian xíng , lǐng nǐ dào Yàmólìrén , Hèrén , Bǐlìxǐrén , Jiānán rén , Xīwèirén , Yēbùsīrén nàli qù , wǒ bì jiàng tāmen jiǎnchú .

24 Nǐ bùkĕ guìbaì tāmende shén , bùkĕ shìfèng tā , yĕ bùkĕ xiàofǎ tāmende xíngwéi , què yào bǎ shénxiàng jìn xíng chāihuǐ , dá suì tāmende zhù xiàng .

25 Nǐmen yào shìfèng Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén , tā bì cì fú yǔ nǐde liáng yǔ nǐde shuǐ , yĕ bì cóng nǐmen zhōngjiān chú qù jíbìng .

26 Nǐ jìng neì bì méiyǒu zhuì tāi de , bú shēngchǎn de . wǒ yào shǐ nǐ mǎn le nǐ nián rì de shùmù .

27 Fán nǐ suǒ dào de dìfang , wǒ yào shǐ nàli de zhòng mín zaì nǐ miànqián jīnghaì , rǎoluàn , yòu yào shǐ nǐ yīqiè chóudí zhuàn beì taópǎo .

28 Wǒ yào dǎfa huángfēng fēi zaì nǐ qiánmian , bǎ Xīwèirén , Jiānán rén , Hèrén niǎn chū qù .

29 Wǒ bú zaì yī nián zhī neì jiàng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū qù , kǒngpà dì chéngwéi huāngliáng , yĕdì de shòu duō qǐlai haì nǐ .

30 Wǒ yào jiànjiàn dì jiàng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū qù , dĕng dào nǐde rén shǔ jiā duō , chéngshòu nà dì wéi yè .

31 Wǒ yào déng nǐde jìngjiè , cóng Hónghǎi zhídào Fēilìshì hǎi , yòu cóng kuàngyĕ zhídào dà hé . wǒ yào jiàng nà dì de jūmín jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu zhōng , nǐ yào jiàng tāmen cóng nǐ miànqián niǎn chū qù .

32 Bùkĕ hé tāmen bìng tāmende shén lì yuē .

33 Tāmen bùkĕ zhù zaì nǐde dì shàng , kǒngpà tāmen shǐ nǐ de zuì wǒ . nǐ ruò shìfèng tāmende shén , zhè bì chéngwéi nǐde wǎngluó .

Chūāijíjì 23:20-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 23

This chapter contains several laws, chiefly judicial, relating to the civil polity of Israel, as concerning witness borne and judgment made of cases in courts of judicature, without any respect to poor or rich, and without the influence of a bribe, Ex 23:1-3,6-8, concerning doing good to an enemy in case any of his cattle go astray, or fall under their burden, Ex 23:4,5, and of the oppression of a stranger, Ex 23:9, and then follow others concerning the sabbath of the seventh year, and of the seventh day, with a caution against the use of the names of idols, Ex 23:10-13, next are laws concerning the appearance of all their males at the three feasts, Ex 23:14-17, and concerning the slaying of the sacrifice of the passover, and bringing the first of the firstfruits of the land, Ex 23:18,19 and then a promise is made of sending an angel to them to bring them into the land of Canaan, where they should carefully avoid all idolatry, and show a just indignation against it, and serve the Lord, and then it would be well with them, Ex 23:20-26, and particularly it is promised, that the Lord would send his fear, and his hornets, before them, to destroy the inhabitants of the land, and drive out the rest by little and little, until they should possess the utmost borders of it, which are fixed, Ex 23:27-31, and the chapter is concluded with a direction not to make a covenant with these people, or their gods, nor suffer them to dwell among them, lest they should be a snare unto them, Ex 23:32,33.