Apologetics Bible

Exodus 23:1

Hebrew

לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא אַל־תָּשֶׁת יָֽדְךָ עִם־רָשָׁע לִהְיֹת עֵד חָמָֽס׃

lo'-tisha'-shema'-shave'-'al-tashet-yadekha-'im-rasha'-liheyot-'ed-chamas

KJV: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

AKJV: You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. ¶

ASV: Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

YLT: `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

Exposition: Exodus 23:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:2

Hebrew

לֹֽא־תִהְיֶה אַחֲרֵֽי־רַבִּים לְרָעֹת וְלֹא־תַעֲנֶה עַל־רִב לִנְטֹת אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטֹּֽת׃

lo'-tiheyeh-'acharey-raviym-lera'ot-velo'-ta'aneh-'al-riv-linetot-'acharey-raviym-lehatot

KJV: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

AKJV: You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: ¶

ASV: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

YLT: `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause others to turn aside;

Exposition: Exodus 23:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:3

Hebrew

וְדָל לֹא תֶהְדַּר בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃

vedal-lo'-tehedar-veriyvvo

KJV: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

AKJV: Neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause. ¶

ASV: neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

YLT: and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

Exposition: Exodus 23:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:4

Hebrew

כִּי תִפְגַּע שׁוֹר אֹֽיִבְךָ אוֹ חֲמֹרוֹ תֹּעֶה הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לֽוֹ׃

khiy-tifega'-shvor-'oyivekha-'vo-chamorvo-to'eh-hashev-teshiyvenv-lvo

KJV: If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

AKJV: If you meet your enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

ASV: If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

YLT: `When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;

Exposition: Exodus 23:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:5

Hebrew

כִּֽי־תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שֹׂנַאֲךָ רֹבֵץ תַּחַת מַשָּׂאוֹ וְחָדַלְתָּ מֵעֲזֹב לוֹ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב עִמּֽוֹ׃

khiy-tire'eh-chamvor-shona'akha-rovetz-tachat-masha'vo-vechadaleta-me'azov-lvo-'azov-ta'azov-'imvo

KJV: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

AKJV: If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden, and would forbear to help him, you shall surely help with him.

ASV: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

YLT: when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving it to it--thou dost certainly leave it with him.

Exposition: Exodus 23:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:6

Hebrew

לֹא תַטֶּה מִשְׁפַּט אֶבְיֹנְךָ בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃

lo'-tateh-mishefat-'eveyonekha-veriyvvo

KJV: Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

AKJV: You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause.

ASV: Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

YLT: `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

Exposition: Exodus 23:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:7

Hebrew

מִדְּבַר־שֶׁקֶר תִּרְחָק וְנָקִי וְצַדִּיק אַֽל־תַּהֲרֹג כִּי לֹא־אַצְדִּיק רָשָֽׁע׃

midevar-sheqer-tirechaq-venaqiy-vetzadiyq-'al-taharog-khiy-lo'-'atzediyq-rasha'

KJV: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

AKJV: Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked. ¶

ASV: Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

YLT: from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

Exposition: Exodus 23:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:8

Hebrew

וְשֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים וִֽיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִֽים׃

veshochad-lo'-tiqach-khiy-hashochad-ye'aver-fiqechiym-viysalef-diverey-tzadiyqiym

KJV: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

AKJV: And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. ¶

ASV: And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

YLT: `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open- eyed , and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Exposition: Exodus 23:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:9

Hebrew

וְגֵר לֹא תִלְחָץ וְאַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הַגֵּר כִּֽי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

veger-lo'-tilechatz-ve'atem-yeda'etem-'et-nefesh-hager-khiy-geriym-heyiytem-ve'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

AKJV: Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

ASV: And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

YLT: `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye--ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

Exposition: Exodus 23:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:10

Hebrew

וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים תִּזְרַע אֶת־אַרְצֶךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

veshesh-shaniym-tizera'-'et-'aretzekha-ve'asafeta-'et-tevv'atah

KJV: And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

AKJV: And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof:

ASV: And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

YLT: `And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;

Exposition: Exodus 23:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:11

Hebrew

וְהַשְּׁבִיעִת תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ וְאָֽכְלוּ אֶבְיֹנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְיִתְרָם תֹּאכַל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה כֵּֽן־תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכַרְמְךָ לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃

vehasheviy'it-tishemetenah-vnetashetah-ve'akhelv-'eveyoney-'amekha-veyiteram-to'khal-chayat-hashadeh-khen-ta'asheh-lekharemekha-lezeytekha

KJV: But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

AKJV: But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive grove.

ASV: but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

YLT: and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard--to thine olive-yard.

Exposition: Exodus 23:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oli...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:12

Hebrew

שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲשֶׂה מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תִּשְׁבֹּת לְמַעַן יָנוּחַ שֽׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמֹרֶךָ וְיִנָּפֵשׁ בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ וְהַגֵּֽר׃

sheshet-yamiym-ta'asheh-ma'asheykha-vvayvom-hasheviy'iy-tishevot-lema'an-yanvcha-shvorekha-vachamorekha-veyinafesh-ven-'amatekha-vehager

KJV: Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

AKJV: Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

ASV: Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

YLT: `Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

Exposition: Exodus 23:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:13

Hebrew

וּבְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אָמַרְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם תִּשָּׁמֵרוּ וְשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לֹא תַזְכִּירוּ לֹא יִשָּׁמַע עַל־פִּֽיךָ׃

vvekhol-'asher-'amaretiy-'aleykhem-tishamerv-veshem-'elohiym-'acheriym-lo'-tazekhiyrv-lo'-yishama'-'al-fiykha

KJV: And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

AKJV: And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth. ¶

ASV: And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

YLT: and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.

Exposition: Exodus 23:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:14

Hebrew

שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים תָּחֹג לִי בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃

shalosh-regaliym-tachog-liy-vashanah

KJV: Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

AKJV: Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year.

ASV: Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

YLT: `Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year;

Exposition: Exodus 23:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:15

Hebrew

אֶת־חַג הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב כִּי־בוֹ יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם וְלֹא־יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָֽם׃

'et-chag-hamatzvot-tishemor-shive'at-yamiym-to'khal-matzvot-kha'asher-tziviytikha-lemvo'ed-chodesh-ha'aviyv-khiy-vvo-yatza'ta-mimitzerayim-velo'-yera'v-fanay-reyqam

KJV: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

AKJV: You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

ASV: The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:

YLT: the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear in My presence empty;

Exposition: Exodus 23:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear bef...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:16

Hebrew

וְחַג הַקָּצִיר בִּכּוּרֵי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרַע בַּשָּׂדֶה וְחַג הָֽאָסִף בְּצֵאת הַשָּׁנָה בְּאָסְפְּךָ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂיךָ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

vechag-haqatziyr-vikhvrey-ma'asheykha-'asher-tizera'-vashadeh-vechag-ha'asif-vetze't-hashanah-ve'asefekha-'et-ma'asheykha-min-hashadeh

KJV: And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

AKJV: And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field.

ASV: and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.

YLT: and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.

Exposition: Exodus 23:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:17

Hebrew

שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה כָּל־זְכוּרְךָ אֶל־פְּנֵי הָאָדֹן ׀ יְהוָֽה׃

shalosh-fe'amiym-vashanah-yera'eh-khal-zekhvrekha-'el-feney-ha'adon- -yehvah

KJV: Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

AKJV: Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the LORD God.

ASV: Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah.

YLT: `Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.

Exposition: Exodus 23:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:18

Hebrew

לֹֽא־תִזְבַּח עַל־חָמֵץ דַּם־זִבְחִי וְלֹֽא־יָלִין חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּי עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃

lo'-tizevach-'al-chametz-dam-zivechiy-velo'-yaliyn-chelev-chagiy-'ad-voqer

KJV: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

AKJV: You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

ASV: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

YLT: `Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;

Exposition: Exodus 23:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:19

Hebrew

רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּֽוֹ׃

re'shiyt-vikhvrey-'adematekha-taviy'-veyt-yehvah-'eloheykha-lo'-tevashel-gediy-vachalev-'imvo

KJV: The 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.

AKJV: The first of the first fruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. ¶

ASV: The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

YLT: the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Exposition: Exodus 23:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:20

Hebrew

הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ מַלְאָךְ לְפָנֶיךָ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בַּדָּרֶךְ וְלַהֲבִיאֲךָ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר הֲכִנֹֽתִי׃

hineh-'anokhiy-sholecha-male'akhe-lefaneykha-lishemarekha-vadarekhe-velahaviy'akha-'el-hamaqvom-'asher-hakhinotiy

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

AKJV: Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

ASV: Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

YLT: `Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;

Exposition: Exodus 23:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:21

Hebrew

הִשָּׁמֶר מִפָּנָיו וּשְׁמַע בְּקֹלוֹ אַל־תַּמֵּר בּוֹ כִּי לֹא יִשָּׂא לְפִשְׁעֲכֶם כִּי שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

hishamer-mifanayv-vshema'-veqolvo-'al-tamer-vvo-khiy-lo'-yisha'-lefishe'akhem-khiy-shemiy-veqirevvo

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

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

ASV: Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.

YLT: be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name is in his heart;

Exposition: Exodus 23:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:22

Hebrew

כִּי אִם־שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע בְּקֹלוֹ וְעָשִׂיתָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אֲדַבֵּר וְאָֽיַבְתִּי אֶת־אֹיְבֶיךָ וְצַרְתִּי אֶת־צֹרְרֶֽיךָ׃

khiy-'im-shamo'a-tishema'-veqolvo-ve'ashiyta-khol-'asher-'adaver-ve'ayavetiy-'et-'oyeveykha-vetzaretiy-'et-tzorereykha

KJV: But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

AKJV: But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.

ASV: But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

YLT: for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.

Exposition: Exodus 23:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:23

Hebrew

כִּֽי־יֵלֵךְ מַלְאָכִי לְפָנֶיךָ וֶהֱבִֽיאֲךָ אֶל־הָֽאֱמֹרִי וְהַחִתִּי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי וְהִכְחַדְתִּֽיו׃

khiy-yelekhe-male'akhiy-lefaneykha-veheviy'akha-'el-ha'emoriy-vehachitiy-vehaferiziy-vehakhena'aniy-hachiviy-vehayevvsiy-vehikhechadetiyv

KJV: For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: 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.

YLT: `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.

Exposition: Exodus 23:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:24

Hebrew

לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם וְלֹא תָֽעָבְדֵם וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם כִּי הָרֵס תְּהָרְסֵם וְשַׁבֵּר תְּשַׁבֵּר מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

lo'-tishetachaveh-le'loheyhem-velo'-ta'avedem-velo'-ta'asheh-khema'asheyhem-khiy-hares-teharesem-veshaver-teshaver-matzevoteyhem

KJV: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

AKJV: You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

ASV: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

YLT: `Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.

Exposition: Exodus 23:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:25

Hebrew

וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וּבֵרַךְ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ וְאֶת־מֵימֶיךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִי מַחֲלָה מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃

va'avadetem-'et-yehvah-'eloheykhem-vverakhe-'et-lachemekha-ve'et-meymeykha-vahasirotiy-machalah-miqirevekha

KJV: And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

AKJV: And you shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the middle of you. ¶

ASV: And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

YLT: `And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;

Exposition: Exodus 23:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:26

Hebrew

לֹא תִהְיֶה מְשַׁכֵּלָה וַעֲקָרָה בְּאַרְצֶךָ אֶת־מִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ אֲמַלֵּֽא׃

lo'-tiheyeh-meshakhelah-va'aqarah-ve'aretzekha-'et-misefar-yameykha-'amale'

KJV: There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

AKJV: There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill.

ASV: There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

YLT: there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:

Exposition: Exodus 23:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:27

Hebrew

אֶת־אֵֽימָתִי אֲשַׁלַּח לְפָנֶיךָ וְהַמֹּתִי אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר תָּבֹא בָּהֶם וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ עֹֽרֶף׃

'et-'eymatiy-'ashalach-lefaneykha-vehamotiy-'et-khal-ha'am-'asher-tavo'-vahem-venatatiy-'et-khal-'oyeveykha-'eleykha-'oref

KJV: I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

AKJV: I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

ASV: I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

YLT: My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.

Exposition: Exodus 23:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:28

Hebrew

וְשָׁלַחְתִּי אֶת־הַצִּרְעָה לְפָנֶיךָ וְגֵרְשָׁה אֶת־הַחִוִּי אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וְאֶת־הַחִתִּי מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃

veshalachetiy-'et-hatzire'ah-lefaneykha-vegereshah-'et-hachiviy-'et-hakhena'aniy-ve'et-hachitiy-milefaneykha

KJV: And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

AKJV: And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

ASV: And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

YLT: `And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;

Exposition: Exodus 23:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:29

Hebrew

לֹא אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ מִפָּנֶיךָ בְּשָׁנָה אֶחָת פֶּן־תִּהְיֶה הָאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה וְרַבָּה עָלֶיךָ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

lo'-'agareshenv-mifaneykha-veshanah-'echat-fen-tiheyeh-ha'aretz-shemamah-veravah-'aleykha-chayat-hashadeh

KJV: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

AKJV: I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against you.

ASV: I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.

YLT: I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;

Exposition: Exodus 23:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:30

Hebrew

מְעַט מְעַט אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ מִפָּנֶיךָ עַד אֲשֶׁר תִּפְרֶה וְנָחַלְתָּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

me'at-me'at-'agareshenv-mifaneykha-'ad-'asher-tifereh-venachaleta-'et-ha'aretz

KJV: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

AKJV: By little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you be increased, and inherit the land.

ASV: By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

YLT: little by little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.

Exposition: Exodus 23:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:31

Hebrew

וְשַׁתִּי אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ מִיַּם־סוּף וְעַד־יָם פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמִמִּדְבָּר עַד־הַנָּהָר כִּי ׀ אֶתֵּן בְּיֶדְכֶם אֵת יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֹ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃

veshatiy-'et-gevulekha-miyam-svf-ve'ad-yam-felishetiym-vmimidevar-'ad-hanahar-khiy- -'eten-veyedekhem-'et-yoshevey-ha'aretz-vegerashetamvo-mifaneykha

KJV: And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

AKJV: And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and you shall drive them out before you.

ASV: And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

YLT: `And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;

Exposition: Exodus 23:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:32

Hebrew

לֹֽא־תִכְרֹת לָהֶם וְלֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם בְּרִֽית׃

lo'-tikherot-lahem-vele'loheyhem-veriyt

KJV: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

AKJV: You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

ASV: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

YLT: thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;

Exposition: Exodus 23:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Exodus 23:33

Hebrew

לֹא יֵשְׁבוּ בְּאַרְצְךָ פֶּן־יַחֲטִיאוּ אֹתְךָ לִי כִּי תַעֲבֹד אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה לְךָ לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃

lo'-yeshevv-ve'aretzekha-fen-yachatiy'v-'otekha-liy-khiy-ta'avod-'et-'eloheyhem-khiy-yiheyeh-lekha-lemvoqesh

KJV: They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

AKJV: They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me: for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.

ASV: They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

YLT: they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'

Exposition: Exodus 23:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.