Exode 23:21

21 Prends garde à toi en sa présence, et écoute sa voix, ne lui sois point rebelle; car il ne pardonnera point votre péché, parce que mon nom est en lui

Exode 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.

Exode 23:21 In-Context

19 Tu apporteras les prémices des premiers fruits de la terre à la maison de l'Éternel ton Dieu. Tu ne feras point cuire le chevreau dans le lait de sa mère

20 Voici, j'envoie un ange devant toi, pour te garder dans le chemin, et pour t'introduire au lieu que j'ai préparé.

21 Prends garde à toi en sa présence, et écoute sa voix, ne lui sois point rebelle; car il ne pardonnera point votre péché, parce que mon nom est en lui

22 Mais si tu écoutes attentivement sa voix, et si tu fais tout ce que je dirai, je serai l'ennemi de tes ennemis et l'adversaire de tes adversaires;

23 Car mon ange marchera devant toi, et t'introduira au pays des Amoréens, des Héthiens, des Phéréziens, des Cananéens, des Héviens, et des Jébusiens, et je les exterminerai.