Esodo 23:21

21 Sii guardingo in sua presenza, e ubbidisci alla sua voce; non ti ribellare a lui, perch’egli non perdonerà le vostre trasgressioni; poiché il mio nome è in lui

Esodo 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.

Esodo 23:21 In-Context

19 Porterai alla casa dell’Eterno, ch’è il tuo Dio, le primizie de’ primi frutti della terra. Non farai cuocere il capretto nel latte di sua madre

20 Ecco, io mando un angelo davanti a te per proteggerti per via, e per introdurti nel luogo che ho preparato.

21 Sii guardingo in sua presenza, e ubbidisci alla sua voce; non ti ribellare a lui, perch’egli non perdonerà le vostre trasgressioni; poiché il mio nome è in lui

22 Ma se ubbidisci fedelmente alla sua voce e fai tutto quello che ti dirò, io sarò il nemico de’ tuoi nemici, l’avversario de’ tuoi avversari;

23 poiché il mio angelo andrà innanzi a te e t’introdurrà nel paese degli Amorei, degli Hittei, dei Ferezei, dei Cananei, degli Hivvei e dei Gebusei, e li sterminerò.