SEV Biblia, Chapter 23:20
¶ He aquí yo envío el Angel delante de ti para que te guarde en el camino, y te introduzca en el lugar que yo he preparado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 23:20
Verse 20. Behold, I send an Angel before thee] Some have thought that this was Moses, others Joshua, because the word alm malach signifies an angel or messenger; but as it is said, ver. 21, My name is in him, ( wbrqb bekirbo, intimately, essentially in him,) it is more likely that the great Angel of the Covenant, the Lord Jesus Christ, is meant, in whom dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. We have had already much reason to believe that this glorious personage often appeared in a human form to the patriarchs, &c.; and of him Joshua was a very expressive type, the names Joshua and Jesus, in Hebrew and Greek, being of exactly the same signification, because radically the same, from [y yasha, he saved, delivered, preserved, or kept safe. Nor does it appear that the description given of the Angel in the text can belong to any other person. Calmet has referred to a very wonderful comment on these words given by Philo Judaeus Deuteronomy Agricultura, which I shall produce here at full length as it stands in Dr. Mangey's edition, vol. 1., p. 308: wv poimhn kai basileuv o qeov agei kata dikhn kai nomon, prosthsamenov ton orqon autou logon prwtogonon uion, ov thn epimeleian thv ierav tauthv agelhv, oia tiv megalou basilewv uparcov, diadexetai. kai gar eirhtai pou idou egw eimi, apostelw aggelon mon eiv proswpon sou, tou fulaxai se en th odw. "God, as the Shepherd and King, conducts all things according to law and righteousness, having established over them his right WORD, his ONLY- BEGOTTEN SON, who, as the Viceroy of the Great King, takes care of and ministers to this sacred flock. For it is somewhere said, (ver. 20,) Behold, I AM, and I will send my ANGEL before thy face, to keep thee in the way." This is a testimony liable to no suspicion, coming from a person who cannot be supposed to be even friendly to Christianity, nor at all acquainted with that particular doctrine to which his words seem so pointedly to refer.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20-33 - It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their wa through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an ange before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, tha they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Chris is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9 They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan. Ho reasonable are the conditions of this promise; that they should serv the only true God; not the gods of the nations, which are no gods a all. How rich are the particulars of this promise! The comfort of their food, the continuance of their health, the increase of their wealth the prolonging their lives to old age. Thus hath godliness the promis of the life that now is. It is promised that they should subdue their enemies. Hosts of hornets made way for the hosts of Israel; such mea creatures can God use for chastising his people's enemies. In rea kindness to the church, its enemies are subdued by little and little thus we are kept on our guard, and in continual dependence on God Corruptions are driven out of the hearts of God's people, not all a once, but by little and little. The precept with this promise is, tha they should not make friendship with idolaters. Those that would kee from bad courses, must keep from bad company. It is dangerous to liv in a bad neighbourhood; others' sins will be our snares. Our greates danger is from those who would make us sin against God __________________________________________________________________
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