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Exodus 23:26

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 23:26 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Exodus 23:26 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 23

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
23For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
24Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
25And 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.
26There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren in the land, etc.] 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 <181405>Job 14:5 <210302>Ecclesiastes 3:2…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“The number of thy days I will fulfill - And they shall not be cut off in the midst by untimely deaths. Thus hath godliness the promise of the life that now is. Exodus 23:27”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“23:26 Pagan rites were carried out in an attempt to manipulate the forces of fertility and reproduction. God promised to give these gifts freely if the people would faithfully carry out the terms of their covenant with him.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“shall nothing: Deu 7:14, Deu 28:4; Job 21:10; Psa 107:38, Psa 144:13; Mal 3:10, Mal 3:11 the number: Gen 25:8, Gen 35:29; Ch1 23:1; Job 5:26, Job 42:17; Psa 55:23, Psa 90:10; Isa 65:20 Exodus 23:27”
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