Exodus 23:21

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Summary

Exodus 23:21

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

Beware of him

Psalm 2:12

Matthew 17:5

Hebrews 12:25

Provoke him not

He will not

General references

Numbers 1:54

Bible References

Beware of him

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

Provoke him not

And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;

He will not

But now, go, take the people into that place of which I have given you word; see, my angel will go before you: but when the time of my judging has come, I will send punishment on them for their sin.

I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.

And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.

And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.

How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.

And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

General references

So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.