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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.
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A Conditional Covenant
Commentators universally highlight that God's promise to fight for Israel was not unconditional. The verse begins with a clear "if you will indeed obey," making God's protection contingent on Israel's faithfulness to the covenant. This establishes a key biblical principle: our obedience opens the door to experiencing God's promised blessings and protection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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19th Century
Anglican
An adversary to your adversaries. —Rather, an afflictor of your afflictors.
16th Century
Protestant
But if thou shalt indeed obey. He moderates the terror He had instilled in them for two reasons:
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But, if you shall indeed obey his voice Or "hearkening hearken", F14 to it attentively, listen to it, and…
It is here promised that they would be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise: Behold, I send an angel befo…
