Éxodo 23:21

21 Préstale mucha atención y obedece sus instrucciones. No te rebeles contra él, porque es mi representante y no perdonará tu rebelión.

Éxodo 23:21 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 23:21

Beware of him
Of his face or countenance; observe his looks towards you in a providential way, whether frowning or smiling; observe his directions and instructions, laws and commands:

and obey his voice;
hearken to what he says, and cheerfully, readily, and punctually do as he orders:

provoke him not;
by unbelief, by murmurings and complaints, by unbecoming words and actions, by transgressing his commands, and acting contrary to his will;

for he will not pardon your transgressions:
or suffer them to pass unchastised and uncorrected, but will, as he did, take vengeance on their inventions, and on them because of them, though he forgave their iniquities; for that he was such an Angel as could forgive sin, which none but God can do, is evident; because it would be absurd to say he will not pardon, if he could not pardon their transgressions, see ( Matthew 9:6 ) ,

for my name is in him;
the Father is in the Son, and the Son in the Father; the nature and perfections of God are in the Word and Son of God, and so his name Jehovah, which is peculiar to him; Christ is Jehovah our righteousness: or "though my name is in him" ^F13; as Abendana and others, his name the Lord God, gracious and merciful, pardoning iniquity, transgression and sin, as afterwards proclaimed in him; and yet, notwithstanding this, he would not clear the guilty, or suffer the Israelites to go unpunished, if they offended him: the Targum of Onkelos is,

``or in my name is his word,''

he is my ambassador and speaks in my name.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (ymv yk) "quamvis nomen menum", Drusius.

Éxodo 23:21 In-Context

19 »Cuando recojas tus cosechas, lleva a la casa del Señor
tu Dios lo mejor de la primera cosecha.
»No cocines a un cabrito en la leche de su madre.

20 Promesa de la presencia del Señor
»Mira, yo envío un ángel delante de ti para que te proteja en el viaje y te lleve a salvo al lugar que te he preparado.

21 Préstale mucha atención y obedece sus instrucciones. No te rebeles contra él, porque es mi representante y no perdonará tu rebelión.

22 Pero si te aseguras de obedecerlo y sigues todas mis instrucciones, entonces yo seré enemigo de tus enemigos y me opondré a todos los que se te opongan.

23 Pues mi ángel irá delante de ti y te llevará a la tierra de los amorreos, de los hititas, de los ferezeos, de los cananeos, de los heveos y de los jebuseos, para que vivas en ella. Yo los destruiré por completo.