You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
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“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him. But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. 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. You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars. You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days. I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land. I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 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.”
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You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.
No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
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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.
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
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And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.
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Cross-references (36)
- Deuteronomy 7:15 (v25) Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them…
- Exodus 15:26 (v25) He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to…
- Joshua 22:5 (v25) Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk…
- Isaiah 33:24 (v25) The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
- Psalms 103:3 (v25) who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
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- Deuteronomy 7:13 (v25) He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your…
- Deuteronomy 10:12 (v25) Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve…
- Deuteronomy 6:13 (v25) You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.
- Deuteronomy 7:14 (v26) You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
- 1 Samuel 12:20 (v25) Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away from following Yahweh, but serve…
- Matthew 4:10 (v25) Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 10:20 (v25) You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
- Deuteronomy 11:13-14 (v25) It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him…
- Deuteronomy 28:4 (v26) You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and…
- Job 5:26 (v26) You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
- Deuteronomy 13:4 (v25) You shall walk after Yahweh your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice. You shall serve him, and cling to him.
- Joshua 24:21 (v25) The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.”
- 1 Samuel 7:3 (v25) Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and…
- Joshua 24:24 (v25) The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
- Job 21:10 (v26) Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
- Isaiah 65:20 (v26) “No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child will die one hundred…
- Joshua 24:14-15 (v25) “Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in…
- Psalms 107:38 (v26) He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.
- Psalms 144:13 (v26) Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
- Malachi 3:10 (v25) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will…
- Genesis 35:29 (v26) Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
- Deuteronomy 28:1-14 (v25) It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you…
- 1 Chronicles 23:1 (v26) Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
- Isaiah 33:16 (v25) he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
- Malachi 3:10-11 (v26) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will…
- Genesis 25:8 (v26) Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
- 1 Samuel 12:24 (v25) Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
- Job 42:17 (v26) So Job died, being old and full of days.
- Jeremiah 8:2 (v25) They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which…
- Psalms 55:23 (v26) But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I…
- Psalms 90:10 (v26) The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v25 That is, all things necessary for this present life.
That is, all things necessary for this present life.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Exo 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your…
Exo 23:25 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.
Ver. 25. Bless thy bread.] God’s blessing is the staff of bread, and strength of water. {See Trapp on "Mat 4:4"}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Thy bread and thy water, i.e. thy meat and…
Thy bread and thy water, i.e. thy meat and thy drink, that they shall be able to nourish thee, and give thee comfort, which without my blessing they will never be able to do.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv25–26 And I will send my fear before thee,.... What…
And I will send my fear before thee,.... What should cause fear among the nations of the land of Canaan; either the hornets mentioned in the next verse as the explanative of this; or the fame of his mighty works, which he had done for Israel in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; which struck the inhabitants of Canaan with such a panic, that they were ready to faint and melt away, and lost all courage, Jos 2:9.
and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come; that is, the greatest part of them:
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and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee; flee away, not being able to face them and stand a battle, or, however, not stand it long, but run and make their escape: "or I will give thee the neck of them" (p); cause them to submit, to lay down their necks and be trampled upon; an expression denoting their subjection, and an entire conquest of them, see Psa 18:39.
(p) "et dabo-cervicem", Pagninus, Montanus; "exponam tibi cervicem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ponam ad te cervicem", Drusius.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv25–26 He shall bless thy bread and thy water -…
He shall bless thy bread and thy water - And God's blessing will make bread and water more refreshing and nourishing, than a feast of fat things, and wines on the lees, without that blessing. And I will take sickness away - Either prevent it or remove it. Thy land shall not be visited with epidemical diseases, which are very dreadful, and sometimes have laid countries waste.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Verse 25. Shall bless thy bread and thy water]…
Verse 25. Shall bless thy bread and thy water] That is, all thy provisions, no matter of what sort; the meanest fare shall be sufficiently nutritive when God's blessing is in it.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v25 Exo 23:25-26. He shall bless thy bread and thy…
Exo 23:25-26. He shall bless thy bread and thy water — And God’s blessing will make bread and water more refreshing and nourishing than a feast of fat things, and wines on the lees, without that blessing. And I will take sickness away — Either prevent it or remove it. Thy land shall not be visited with epidemical diseases, which are very dreadful, and sometimes have laid countries waste. The number of thy days I will fulfil — And they shall not be cut off in the midst by untimely deaths. Thus hath godliness the promise of the life that now is.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Waters, or all things necessary for your sustenance.
Waters, or all things necessary for your sustenance.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v25 25. Take sickness away — This promise to give…
25. Take sickness away — This promise to give health and blessing is in accord with Exo_15:26, where Jehovah calls himself Israel’s healer. Great temporal abundance and a long life passed in divine favour are held up as ideals of excellence.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v25 25a. The positive complement of v. 24: Jehovah is…
25a. The positive complement of v. 24: Jehovah is to be the object of Israel’s worship.
25b, 26. The blessings which will follow upon Israel’s obedience: abundance of food, freedom from sickness, fertility of flocks and herds, and long life.
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25b. and he shall bless] read with LXX., Vulg., Di., &c., and I will bless (cf. the following, ‘and I will take’); originally (if vv. 23–25a be a later insertion) the continuation of v. 22 end.
take sickness away, &c.] Cf. Exo_15:26; and the reminiscence of the present passage in Deu_7:15 (as of v. 26a in Deu_7:14 b).
26a. Cf. Deu_7:14 b; also (expressed positively) the blessings promised in Deu_28:11; Deu_30:9, and Lev_26:9 (H).
26b. I will fulfil] Life will not come to an end prematurely, either for the individual, or for the nation (cf. Exo_20:12).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv25–26 (25) He shall bless thy bread, and thy water—i.e.,…
(25) He shall bless thy bread, and thy water—i.e., all the food, whether meat or drink, on which they subsisted. It is God’s blessing which makes food healthful to us.
Take sickness away.—Half the sicknesses from which men suffer are directly caused by sin, and would disappear if men led godly, righteous, and sober lives. Others, as plague and pestilence, are scourges sent by God to punish those who have offended Him. If Israel had walked in God’s ways, He would have preserved them from sicknesses of all kinds by a miraculous interposition. (Comp. Deu_7:15.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv25–26 He shall bless thy bread and thy water. If…
He shall bless thy bread and thy water. If the Israelites were exact in their obedience, and destroyed the idols, and served God only, then he promised to bless "their bread and their water the food, i.e. , whether meat or drink, on which they subsisted, and to give them vigorous health, free from sickness of any kind, which he pledged himself to take away from the midst of them. Though Christians have no such special pledge, there is, no doubt, that virtuous and godly living would greatly conduce to health, and take away half the sicknesses from which men suffer, even at the present day.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v26 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues telling Moses his laws for the people of Israel.
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No woman will be barren or will miscarry her young in your land
This can be stated in positive form. AT: "Every woman will be able to become pregnant and give birth to healthy babies" (See: Double Negatives)
miscarry
to have a pregnancy end early and unexpectedly
hornets
a flying insect that can sting people and cause pain
or the land would become abandoned
"because no one would be living in the land"
translationWords
barren
fear
people group
Hivite
Canaan
Hittite
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v26 23:26 Pagan rites were carried out in an attempt…
23:26 Pagan rites were carried out in an attempt to manipulate the forces of fertility and reproduction. God promised to give these gifts freely if the people would faithfully carry out the terms of their covenant with him.
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