Exodus 23:21 “Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he…”

Exodus 23:21

Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beware of him, and heare his voyce, and prouoke him not: for he will not spare your misdeedes, because my name is in him.

Darby Translation

Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

Give attention to him and give ear to his voice; do not go against him; for your wrongdoing will not be overlooked by him, because my name is in him.

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Cross references

“Beware of him”

Hebrews 12:25 Psalm 2:12 Matthew 17:5

Hebrews 12:25 · BSB

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Psalm 2:12 · BSB

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Matthew 17:5 · BSB

While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

“provoke him not”

Psalm 78:56 Psalm 78:40 Ephesians 4:30 Numbers 14:11 Hebrews 3:16 Hebrews 3:10

Psalm 78:56 · BSB

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Psalm 78:40 · BSB

How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Ephesians 4:30 · BSB

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Numbers 14:11 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

Hebrews 3:16 · BSB

For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

Hebrews 3:10 · BSB

Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’

“he will not”

Deuteronomy 18:19 Joshua 24:19 Hebrews 10:26–29 Exodus 32:34 Numbers 14:35 1 John 5:16

Deuteronomy 18:19 · BSB

And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.

Joshua 24:19 · BSB

But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Hebrews 10:26–29 · BSB

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

Exodus 32:34 · BSB

Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”

Numbers 14:35 · BSB

I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

1 John 5:16 · BSB

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding th…

“my name”

John 10:30 John 10:38 Exodus 3:14 John 5:23 Colossians 2:9 Exodus 34:5–7

John 10:30 · BSB

I and the Father are one.”

John 10:38 · BSB

But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

Exodus 3:14 · BSB

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

John 5:23 · BSB

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Colossians 2:9 · BSB

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

Exodus 34:5–7 · BSB

And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.

Also

Exodus 6:3

Exodus 6:3 · BSB

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

Read Exodus 23