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Exodus 23:20

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¶ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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  1. Exodus 33:14Rank 1 from verse 20
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    14And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

  2. Psalms 91:11Rank 2 from verse 20
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    11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

  3. Exodus 32:34Rank 3 from verse 20
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    34Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place 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.

  4. Exodus 14:19Rank 4 from verse 20
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    19¶ And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

  5. Exodus 33:2Rank 5 from verse 20
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    2And 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:

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Exodus 23:20

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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angel

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Sense 1: A messenger. Sense 2: A heavenly or spiritual messenger, whether holy or fallen as stated.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

20¶ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

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21Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

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