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Exodus 23:21

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Exodus 23:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 23:21

Theological / Devotional

He will not pardon. This does not mean that God will not actually pardon, for God’s love ensures that He will (Ps. 32:5; 103:10–12; Isa. 63:7–9; 1 John 1:9); but it does express with typical Eastern emphasis the sovereign justice and holiness of God (see Ex. 34:7).

My name is in him. Here the first person of the Godhead, the Father, speaks of the second person of the Godhead, His Son. This statement implies that the “Angel” bearing God’s name is coequal with God Himself (see John 1:1-3, 14; Col. 1:13–19; Heb. 1:8).

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