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And I will destroy them completely. <a href="/esv/exodus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out, <a href="/bsb/exodus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them. <a href="/kjv/exodus/23.htm">King James Bible</a> For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/23.htm">New King James Version</a> For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them. <a href="/nasb/exodus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them. <a href="/lsb/exodus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will annihilate them. <a href="/amp/exodus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When My Angel goes before you and brings you to [the land of] the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, I will reject them and completely destroy them. <a href="/csb/exodus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For my angel will go before you and bring you to the land of the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For My angel will go before you and bring you to the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. <a href="/asv/exodus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off. <a href="/cev/exodus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My angel will lead you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. <a href="/erv/exodus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off. <a href="/gwt/exodus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "My Messenger will go ahead of you and will bring you to [the land of] the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites. I will wipe them out. <a href="/gnt/exodus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> My angel will go ahead of you and take you into the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them. <a href="/isv/exodus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> because my angel will go ahead of you and will bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I'll annihilate them. <a href="/msb/exodus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them. <a href="/net/exodus/23.htm">NET Bible</a> For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely. <a href="/nheb/exodus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hethite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off. <a href="/wbt/exodus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For my Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. <a href="/web/exodus/23.htm">World English Bible</a> For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For My Messenger goes before you, and has brought you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off. <a href="/ylt/exodus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off. <a href="/slt/exodus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee to the Amorites, and the Hittites and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I destroyed them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And my angel shall go before thee, and shall bring thee in unto the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, whom I will destroy. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And my Angel will go before you, and he will bring you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, whom I will crush. <a href="/nabre/exodus/23.htm">New American Bible</a> My angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites; and I will wipe them out. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When my angel goes in front of you, and brings you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For my angel shall go before you and bring you against the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will destroy them. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because My Messenger will go before you and he will bring you against the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Khivites and the Yebusites, and I shall destroy them.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For Mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off. <a href="/sep/exodus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them. <a href="/parallel/exodus/23-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=5926" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/23.htm">God's Angel to Lead</a> …22But 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. 23<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/4397.htm" title="4397: mal·’ā·ḵî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A messenger. From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. An angel.">My angel</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: yê·lêḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">will go</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/935.htm" title="935: we·hĕ·ḇî·’ă·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and bring you</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">the land of the 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/3669.htm" title="3669: wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">Canaanites,</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> <a href="/hebrew/3582.htm" title="3582: wə·hiḵ·ḥaḏ·tîw (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3ms) -- To hide. A primitive root; to secrete, by act or word; hence to destroy.">and I will annihilate them.</a> 24You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a> 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. <a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Joshua 24:11-12</a> After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand. / I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow. <a href="/judges/2-1.htm">Judges 2:1-3</a> 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.” <a href="/deuteronomy/31-3.htm">Deuteronomy 31:3-5</a> The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said. / And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land. / The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you. <a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">Numbers 33:50-53</a> On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses, / “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, / you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/9-3.htm">Deuteronomy 9:3-5</a> But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you. / When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness. / It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. <a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Joshua 3:10</a> He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites. <a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55</a> He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. <a href="/nehemiah/9-24.htm">Nehemiah 9:24</a> So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished. <a href="/deuteronomy/20-16.htm">Deuteronomy 20:16-18</a> However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. / For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, / so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God. <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a> And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance. <a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30-31</a> By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. / By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient. <a href="/revelation/12-7.htm">Revelation 12:7-9</a> Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. / But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels. / And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. <a href="/romans/8-31.htm">Romans 8:31</a> What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? <a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24-25</a> Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. / For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For my Angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.mine angel<a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Exodus 23:20</a> Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.<a href="/exodus/32-2.htm">Exodus 32:2</a> And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.<a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13</a> Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.thee in<a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17</a> And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.<a href="/genesis/15-19.htm">Genesis 15:19-21</a> The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, … <a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2</a> And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.the Hivites.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Angel</a> <a href="/exodus/13-11.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-11.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/exodus/21-19.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/exodus/22-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/exodus/21-26.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/22-26.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Guiding</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Per'izzites</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/exodus/33-2.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/23-24.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/exodus/28-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/28-8.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/numbers/10-31.htm">Guiding</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/33-2.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">Per'izzites</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 23</div>1. <a href="/exodus/23-1.htm">Of slander, false witness, and partiality</a> 4. <a href="/exodus/23-4.htm">Of charitableness</a> 6. <a href="/exodus/23-6.htm">Of justice in judgment</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/23-8.htm">Of taking bribes</a> 9. <a href="/exodus/23-9.htm">Of oppressing a stranger</a> 10. <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Of the year of rest</a> 12. <a href="/exodus/23-12.htm">Of the Sabbath</a> 13. <a href="/exodus/23-13.htm">Of idolatry</a> 14. <a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Of the three feasts</a> 18. <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice</a> 20. <a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him</a> </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" is often interpreted as a theophany, a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ, who leads and protects God's people. This aligns with other biblical instances where God promises His presence, such as in <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Exodus 14:19</a> and <a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a>. The angel's role is to ensure the Israelites' safe passage and victory, emphasizing God's sovereignty and faithfulness.and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites These groups represent the inhabitants of Canaan, the Promised Land. Historically, these were distinct tribes with their own cultures and territories. Archaeological findings have confirmed their existence and influence in the region. The mention of these specific nations underscores the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham in <a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>, where God delineates the land that will belong to his descendants. This also foreshadows the conquest narratives in the Book of Joshua.and I will annihilate them This phrase reflects the divine judgment against the Canaanite nations due to their idolatry and moral corruption, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-25</a>. The command to annihilate these nations is a difficult concept, but it is understood within the context of God's holiness and justice. It also serves as a typology of the ultimate victory over sin and evil through Christ, who conquers spiritual enemies and establishes His kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/angel_of_the_lord.htm">Angel of the Lord</a> 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." 2. <a href="/topical/a/amorites.htm">Amorites</a> A group of ancient people living in Canaan, known for their fortified cities and opposition to Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/h/hittites.htm">Hittites</a> An ancient people who lived in the region of Anatolia and northern Syria, known for their advanced culture and military prowess. 4. <a href="/topical/p/perizzites.htm">Perizzites</a> A Canaanite tribe that inhabited the land promised to the Israelites. 5. <a href="/topical/c/canaanites,_hivites,_and_jebusites.htm">Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites</a> Other tribes residing in the Promised Land, each with their own distinct cultures and practices, often in opposition to the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_guidance_and_protection.htm">God's Guidance and Protection</a> Just as God sent His angel to guide the Israelites, He provides guidance and protection for believers today through His Word and the Holy Spirit. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god's_promises.htm">Faithfulness to God's Promises</a> God's promise to deliver the land to the Israelites demonstrates His faithfulness. Believers can trust that God will fulfill His promises in their lives. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a> The annihilation of the tribes represents the spiritual battles believers face. We are called to rely on God's strength to overcome sin and opposition. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> The Israelites were to follow God's lead through the angel. Similarly, believers are called to obey God's commands and trust His direction. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The passage highlights God's control over nations and history, reminding believers of His sovereignty in all circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 23</a> <a href="/q/why_would_god_displace_nations_for_israel.htm">In Exodus 23:23–31, why would a just God command the displacement of entire nations for Israel’s sake? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_hornets.htm">What does the Bible mention about hornets?</a> <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 href="/q/how_does_'the_hornet'_align_with_history.htm">Joshua 24:12 - How does the account of God sending 'the hornet' align with historical or natural evidence of plagues or insects driving out inhabitants?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) I will cut them off.--Or, cut them down--i.e., make them cease to be nations, not exterminate them utterly. Jebusites, Hittites, and others continued to inhabit Canaan, and were probably absorbed ultimately into the Hebrew population, having become full proselytes.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 23. - The Amorites, and the Hittites, etc. The nations of Canaan proper, to whom the Gergashites are sometimes added. See the comment on 2 Samuel 3:8. I will cut them off. Or "cut them down," i.e., destroy them from being any longer nations, but not exterminate them, as is generally supposed. David had a "Hittite" among his "mighty men" (<a href="/2_samuel/23-39.htm">2 Samuel 23:39</a>), and was on friendly terms with Araunah the "Jebusite" (<a href="/2_samuel/24-18.htm">2 Samuel 24:18-24</a>). <a href="/commentaries/exodus/23-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction My angel מַלְאָכִי֮ (mal·’ā·ḵî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4397.htm">Strong's 4397: </a> A messenger, of God, an angel will go יֵלֵ֣ךְ (yê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk before you לְפָנֶיךָ֒ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face and bring you וֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ֗ (we·hĕ·ḇî·’ă·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the land of the Amorites, הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe Hittites, וְהַ֣חִתִּ֔י (wə·ha·ḥit·tî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> Hittite -- a Chittite Perizzites, וְהַפְּרִזִּי֙ (wə·hap·pə·riz·zî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6522.htm">Strong's 6522: </a> Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan Canaanites, וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י (wə·hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan Hivites, הַחִוִּ֖י (ha·ḥiw·wî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2340.htm">Strong's 2340: </a> Hivite -- a Chivvite and Jebusites, וְהַיְבוּסִ֑י (wə·hay·ḇū·sî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> Jebusite -- inhabitant of Jebus and I will annihilate them. וְהִכְחַדְתִּֽיו׃ (wə·hiḵ·ḥaḏ·tîw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3582.htm">Strong's 3582: </a> To secrete, by act, word, to destroy <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">OT Law: Exodus 23:23 For my angel shall go before you (Exo. 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