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and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I will send <i>My</i> Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I will send an angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will send an angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I will send an angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will send an Angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send an angel ahead of you and will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send an angel ahead of you and will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will send a Messenger ahead of you, and I will force out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will send an angel to guide you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll send an angel in front of you and I'll drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hethite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have sent a Messenger before you, and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> (and I have sent before thee a messenger, and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I sent a messenger before thee, and I drove out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will send an angel before thee, that I may cast out the Chanaanite, and the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will send an Angel to precede you, so that I may cast out the Canaanite, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Driving out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, I will send an angel before you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will send an angel before you; and he will destroy the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe, “Come up; go from here, you and your people whom you brought up from Egypt, to the land that I swore to Abraham and Isaac and Yaquuv and I said to them, ‘To your seed I shall give it.’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will send at the same time my angel before thy face, and he shall cast out the Amorite and the Chettite, and the Pherezite and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and Chananite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/33-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8576" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/33.htm">The Command to Leave Sinai</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šā·laḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">And I will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/4397.htm" title="4397: mal·’āḵ (N-ms) -- A messenger. From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. An angel.">an angel</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1644.htm" title="1644: wə·ḡê·raš·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To drive out, cast out. A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.">and I will drive out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">the Canaanites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">Amorites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2850.htm" title="2850: wə·ha·ḥit·tî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Heth. Patronymically from Cheth; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth.">Hittites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6522.htm" title="6522: wə·hap·pə·riz·zî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- A people in the land of Canaan. For praziy; inhabitant of the open country; a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes.">Perizzites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2340.htm" title="2340: ha·ḥiw·wî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps from chavvah; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine.">Hivites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2983.htm" title="2983: wə·hay·ḇū·sî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Jebus. Patrial from Ybuwc; a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus.">and Jebusites.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Exodus 23:20-23</a></span><br />Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. / Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him. / But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-16.htm">Numbers 20:16</a></span><br />and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-1.htm">Judges 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, / and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? / So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a></span><br />When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-13.htm">Joshua 5:13-15</a></span><br />Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?” / “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?” / The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></span><br />In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Psalm 91:11</a></span><br />For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-7.htm">Genesis 24:7</a></span><br />The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35</a></span><br />And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Daniel 6:22</a></span><br />My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-11.htm">Matthew 4:11</a></span><br />Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Acts 7:30-35</a></span><br />After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. / When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him: / ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-14.htm">Hebrews 1:14</a></span><br />Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-16.htm">Revelation 22:16</a></span><br />“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-19.htm">Luke 1:19</a></span><br />“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:</p><p class="hdg">an angel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Exodus 23:20</a></b></br> Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Exodus 32:34</a></b></br> Therefore now go, lead the people unto <i>the place</i> of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Exodus 34:11</a></b></br> Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.</p><p class="hdg">the Canaanite</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8,17</a></b></br> And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Deuteronomy 7:22</a></b></br> And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Joshua 24:11</a></b></br> And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Angel</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/exodus/32-24.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Per'izzites</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/numbers/20-16.htm">Angel</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/exodus/34-17.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/exodus/34-24.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/numbers/20-16.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Per'izzites</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-1.htm">The Lord refuses to go as he had promised with the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-4.htm">The people mourn there</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-7.htm">The tabernacle is removed out of the camp</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-9.htm">The Lord talks familiarly with Moses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-12.htm">Moses prevails with God, and desires to see his glory</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "angel" here is often understood as a manifestation of God's presence, possibly a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ, known as a Christophany. This angelic guidance is reminiscent of the pillar of cloud and fire that led the Israelites earlier (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a>). The angel's role is to prepare the way for the Israelites, ensuring their safe passage and success in their journey to the Promised Land.<p><b>and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites</b><br>This promise of driving out the inhabitants of the land underscores God's sovereignty and faithfulness to His covenant with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). Each of these groups represents the entrenched pagan cultures that occupied Canaan. The Canaanites were known for their idolatry and moral corruption, which God intended to purge from the land. The Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites were various tribes with distinct cultures and practices, often at odds with the worship of Yahweh. This divine intervention highlights the theme of God as a warrior on behalf of His people, a motif seen throughout the Old Testament. The conquest of these nations is also a type of spiritual victory over sin and evil, pointing to the ultimate triumph of Christ over the powers of darkness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/angel.htm">Angel</a></b><br>A divine messenger sent by God to lead and protect the Israelites. In the Hebrew text, the word "mal'ak" is used, which can mean messenger or angel, indicating a divine presence guiding the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanites,_amorites,_hittites,_perizzites,_hivites,_jebusites.htm">Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites</a></b><br>These are the nations inhabiting the Promised Land. They represent the obstacles and challenges the Israelites must overcome to claim the land God promised to them.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It symbolizes God's faithfulness and the fulfillment of His promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, also known as Israel, who are on their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_guidance.htm">Divine Guidance</a></b><br>Just as God sent an angel to lead the Israelites, He provides guidance to believers today through His Word and the Holy Spirit. We should seek and trust His direction in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/overcoming_obstacles.htm">Overcoming Obstacles</a></b><br>The nations listed represent challenges and opposition. Believers are called to rely on God's strength to overcome spiritual and personal obstacles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_of_god.htm">Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>God's promise to drive out the nations is a testament to His faithfulness. We can trust that God will fulfill His promises in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The driving out of the nations can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual warfare. Believers are called to put on the full armor of God to stand against spiritual forces.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The passage highlights God's control over nations and history. Recognizing His sovereignty can bring peace and assurance in uncertain times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 33</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/has_anyone_ever_witnessed_god.htm">Has anyone ever witnessed God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_amorites'_fall,_exodus.htm">(Amos 2:9-10) Is there any archaeological or scientific evidence to support the miraculous overthrow of the Amorites and the exodus narrative?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_86_8_conflict_with_monotheism.htm">Psalm 86:8 - Does acknowledging the existence of 'other gods' conflict with the Bible's insistence on strict monotheism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_angelic_guidance_in_exodus_verifiable.htm">In Exodus 23:20-23, how is the supernatural guidance by an angel historically or archeologically verifiable?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">I will send an angel before thee.</span>--"An angel" is ambiguous. It might designate the Angel of the Covenant, the Angel of God's presence, as in <a href="/exodus/23-20.htm" title="Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.">Exodus 23:20</a>; or it might mean a mere ordinary angel, on a par with those who presided over the destinies of other nations besides the Hebrews (<a href="/daniel/10-13.htm" title="But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, see, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.">Daniel 10:13</a>; <a href="/daniel/10-20.htm" title="Then said he, Know you why I come to you? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, see, the prince of Grecia shall come.">Daniel 10:20</a>). That here the expression is used in this latter sense is made manifest by the declaration of the next verse: <span class= "ital">"</span>I will not go up in the midst of thee."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will send an angel before thee.</span> Note the change from "<span class="accented">my</span> angel" (<a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Exodus 32:34</a>) to "<span class="accented">an</span> angel;" which, however, would still have been ambiguous, but for what follows in ver. 3. The angel of God's presence is "an angel" in <a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Exodus 23:20</a>. <span class="cmt_word">I will drive out</span>. The whole covenant had fallen with Israel's infraction of it, and it was for God to retract or renew his part of it as it pleased him. He here of his free grace renews the promise to drive out the Canaanitish nations. Compare <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23-31</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/33-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And I will send</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·laḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an angel</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְאָ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mal·’āḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4397.htm">Strong's 4397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A messenger, of God, an angel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before you</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and drive out</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגֵֽרַשְׁתִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡê·raš·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1644.htm">Strong's 1644: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Canaanites,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Amorites,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hittites,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽחִתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥit·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hittite -- a Chittite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Perizzites,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hap·pə·riz·zî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6522.htm">Strong's 6522: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hivites,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחִוִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥiw·wî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2340.htm">Strong's 2340: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hivite -- a Chivvite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Jebusites.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hay·ḇū·sî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jebusite -- inhabitant of Jebus</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">OT Law: Exodus 33:2 I will send an angel before you (Exo. 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