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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
young	מְשַׁכֵּלָ֥ה me.sha.ke.Lah	H7921	properly · verb, piel active participle, feminine singular absolute
barren	וַעֲקָרָ֖ה va.'a.ka.Rah	H6135	sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs) · conjunction + adjective, feminine singular absolute
land	בְּאַרְצֶ֑ךָ be.'ar.Tze.kha	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
number	מִסְפַּ֥ר mis.Par	H4557	a number · noun, common masculine singular construct
days	יָמֶ֖יךָ ya.Mei.kha	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
fulfil	אֲמַלֵּֽא 'a.ma.Le'	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
Deuteronomy 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks o…
Job 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Job 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Isaiah 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old;…
Psalms 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Psalms 144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Genesis 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:20–end

Three gracious promises are here made to Israel, to engage them to their duty and encourage them in it; and each of the promises has some needful precepts and cautions joined to it. I. 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 (Exo 23:20), my angel (Exo 23:23), a created angel, say some, a minister of God's providence, employed in conducting and protecting the camp of Israel; that it might appear that God took a particular care of them, he appointed one of his chief servants to make it his business to attend them, and see that they wanted for nothing. Others suppose it to be the Son…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:21

my name is in him--This angel is frequently called Jehovah and Elohim, that is, God.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:26

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren - Hence there must be a very great increase both of men and cattle. The number of thy days I will fulfill - Ye shall all live to a good old age, and none die before his time. This is the blessing of the righteous, for wicked men live not out half their days; Psa 55:23.

John Gill on Exodus 23:26

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren in the land,.... There shall be no abortions or miscarriages, nor sterility or barrenness, either among the Israelites, or their cattle of every kind, so that there should be a great increase, both of men and beasts: the number of thy days I will fulfil; which was fixed for each of them, in his eternal purposes and decrees; or what, according to the temperament of their bodies and the course of nature, which, humanly speaking, it might be supposed they would arrive unto; or generally the common term of human life, which, in the days of Moses, was threescore years and ten, or fourscore, see Job 14:5, it may be considered whether any respect…

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The Church Fathers

In accordance with this we also note that saying: "The barren has borne seven, and she who was fruitful in children has grown weak." And as it is said among the blessings: "There shall not be among you one without children nor a barren woman." Therefore, if these things are so, just as there is said to be a certain carnal love, which the poets have also called Cupid, according to which he who loves sows in the flesh; so also there is a certain spiritual love, according to which that inner man who loves sows in the spirit. And to say it more plainly, if there is anyone who still bears the image of the earthly according to the outer man, he is driven by an earthly desire and love. But he who bears the image of the heavenly according to the inner man is driven by a heavenly desire and love.
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS, PROLOGUE

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Dictionary and topics

Offerings · .Ordinances concerning — .Ordinances concerning

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Exodus 23:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:21

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:26

John Gill on Exodus 23:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 23:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:21

Adam Clarke on Exodus 23:26

John Gill on Exodus 23:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 23:24-30

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 23:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 23:26

Rashi on Exodus 23:26