Exodus 23:32, Exodus 23:33 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 23:20-33

Three gracious promises are here made to Israel, to engage them to their duty and encourage them in it; and each of the promises has some needful precepts and cautions joined to it. I. It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise: Behold, I send an angel before thee (Exod. 23:20), my angel (Exod. 23:23), a created angel, say some, a minister of God's providence, employed in conducting and protecting the camp of Israel; that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 23:32

Thou shalt make no covenant with them ,.... A covenant of peace, a league, a confederacy, so as to take them to be their allies and friends; but they were always to consider them as their enemies, until they had made an utter end of them; though the Gibeonites by craft and guile obtained a league of them; but the methods they took to get it show they had some knowledge of this law, that the Israelites might not, or at least would not, make any league or covenant with the inhabitants of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 23:32

Thou shalt make no covenant with them - They were incurable idolaters, and the cup of their iniquity was full. And had the Israelites contracted any alliance with them, either sacred or civil, they would have enticed them into their idolatries, to which the Jews were at all times most unhappily prone; and as God intended that they should be the preservers of the true religion till the coming of the Messiah, hence he strictly forbade them to tolerate idolatry. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:1-33

1 . That he will send an angel before them to be their guide, director, and helper ( Exodus 23:20 - 23). 2 . That he will be the enemy of their enemies ( Exodus 23:22 ), striking terror into them miraculously ( Exodus 23:27 ), and subjecting them to other scourges also ( Exodus 23:28 ). 3 . That he will drive out their enemies "by little and little" ( Exodus 23:30 ), not ceasing until he has destroyed them ( Exodus 23:23 ). 4 . That he will give them the entire... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:20-33

Promises and warnings. These conclude the Book of the Covenant. I. PROMISES . 1 . An angel guide ( Exodus 23:20-23 ). But this angel was no ordinary or created angel. He is repeatedly identified with Jehovah himself. God's "name"—his essential nature—was in him. He is one with Jehovah, yet distinct from him—no mere personification, but a real hypostasis. See the careful treatment of "the doctrine of the Angel of the Lord," in Oehler's "Old Testament Theology," vol. 1. pp.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:20-33

The Mediatorial Guide. "Behold I send an angel before thee," etc. ( Exodus 23:20 ). [We omit from homiletic treatment Ex 20:22-23:19, containing a large amount of minute legislation; but if any one for special reason wishes to deal with any of these laws, he will find a careful and exhaustive analysis in Lunge on "Exodus." Most of them have strict and sole reference to the Hebrew Commonwealth, and are obsolete for the Christian.] This passage contains a series of promises, which all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:24-33

The prospect in the promised land. I. THE TREATMENT OF ITS FORMER OCCUPANTS . 1 . The avoidance of their idolatries . God cautions us against those dangers which we are most likely to overlook. When once the Israelites entered the promised land and were fairly settled there, they would show no lack of energy and discrimination in doing their best to guard their temporal possessions. But the most serious dangers are those against which walled cities and great armies are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:32

Thou shalt make no covenant with them . See below, Exodus 34:12-15 . According to the forms usual at the time, a treaty of peace would have contained an acknowledgment of the gods of either nation, and words in honour of them. This would have been equivalent to "making a covenant with their gods." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:32-33

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:32-33

The Peril of Idolatry. Idolatry is the interposition of any object between man and God, in such sort that the object takes the place of God in the heart and the affections, occupying them to his exclusion, or to his disparagement. Idolatry proper, the interposition between God and the soul of idols or images, seems to have possessed a peculiar fascination for the Israelites, either because their materialistic tendencies made them shrink from approaching in thought a mere pure Spirit, or... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 23:20-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 23:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 23:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:20-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:20-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:24-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:32-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 23:32-33

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