18a“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with bleavened bread; nor shall the fat of My1 sacrifice remain until morning.
19aThe first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. bYou shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
The Angel and the Promises
20a“Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; ado not provoke Him, for He will bnot pardon your transgressions; for cMy name is in Him.
22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then aI will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
23aFor My Angel will go before you and bbring 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.
24 You shall not abow down to their gods, nor serve them, bnor do according to their works; cbut you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
25 “So you shall aserve the Lord your God, and bHe will bless your bread and your water. And cI will take sickness away from the midst of you.
26aNo one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will bfulfill the number of your days.
27 “I will send aMy fear before you, I will bcause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
28 And aI will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
29aI will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.
31 And aI will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will bdeliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
32aYou shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, ait will surely be a snare to you.”
EXODUS, a "going forth," derives its name from its being occupied principally with a relation of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and the incidents that immediately preceded as well as followed that memorable migration. Its authorship by Moses is distinctly asserted by himself (Exodus 24:4), as well as by our Lord (Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37). Besides, the thorough knowledge it exhibits of the institutions and usages of the ancient Egyptians and the minute geographical details of the journey to Sinai, establish in the clearest manner the authenticity of this book.
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