Exodus 23 · Verse 25

Exodus 23:25

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Exodus 23:25, King James Version

Exodus 23:25 in other translations

BSBSo you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
WEBYou shall serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.
ASVAnd ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
YLT‘And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;
DARBYAnd ye shall serve Jehovah your God; and he shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from thy midst.
BBEAnd give worship to the Lord your God, who will send his blessing on your bread and on your water; and I will take all disease away from among you.
WebsterAnd ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

What does Exodus 23:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:20-25

20-25. Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way--The communication of these laws, made to Moses and by him rehearsed to the people, was concluded by the addition of many animating promises, intermingled with several solemn warnings that lapses into sin and idolatry would not be tolerated or passed with impunity.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Shall bless thy bread and thy water - That is, all thy provisions, no matter of what sort; the meanest fare shall be sufficiently nutritive when God's blessing is in it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 23:20-33

It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ 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…

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Exodus 23:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗םva.'a.vad.Temand you will serveH5647
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
וּבֵרַ֥ךְu.ve.Rakhand he will blessH1288
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לַחְמְךָ֖lach.me.Khafood yourH3899
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מֵימֶ֑יךָmei.Mei.khawater yourH4325
וַהֲסִרֹתִ֥יva.ha.si.ro.Tiand I will removeH5493
מַחֲלָ֖הma.cha.LahsicknessH4245
מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ\׃mi.kir.Be.chafrom midst yourH7130

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Cross references for Exodus 23:25

  • Deuteronomy 7:15

    And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

  • Exodus 15:26

    And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

  • Joshua 22:5

    But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Psalms 103:3

    Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

  • Isaiah 33:24

    And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

  • Deuteronomy 7:13

    And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

  • Deuteronomy 10:12

    And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  • Deuteronomy 6:13

    Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

  • 1 Samuel 12:20

    And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart;

  • Matthew 4:10

    Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

  • Deuteronomy 11:13-14

    And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

  • Deuteronomy 10:20

    Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And ye.
De 6:13; 10:12,20; 11:13,14; 13:4; 28:1-6; Jos 22:5; 24:14,15,21,24
1Sa 7:3; 12:20,24; Jer 8:2; Mt 4:10
he shall.
De 7:13; 28:5-8; Isa 33:16; Mal 3:10
I will take.
15:26; De 7:15; Ps 103:3; Isa 33:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 23:24

    Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

  • Exodus 23:25

    And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

  • Exodus 23:26

    There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

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Exodus 23:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas á Jehová vuestro Dios serviréis, y él bendecirá tu pan y tus aguas; y yo quitaré toda enfermedad de en medio de ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous servirez l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, et il bénira ton pain et tes eaux, et j’ôterai la maladie du milieu de toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr sollt Jehova, eurem Gott, dienen: so wird er dein Brot und dein Wasser segnen, und ich werde Krankheit aus deiner Mitte entfernen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Servietisque Domino Deo vestro, ut benedicam panibus tuis et aquis, et auferam infirmitatem de medio tui.