Exodus 33:2

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Exodus 33:2 (WEB)
I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Catechism · 1

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From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own.

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Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius XI.3Book XI
“And a little while after He says again, “And I will send Mine Angel before thee.”” — editor's note: Cf. Exod. xxxiii. 2; the quotation is not verbally from LXX.
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Irenaeus of Lyons

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.15Book IV
“Wherefore also He says to Moses in Exodus: “I will send forth My angel before thee; for I will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiff-necked people.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiii. 2, 3.
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Joshua 12:8
Exodus 33:2 and Joshua 12:8 share the same wording (11 words).

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VerseJoshua 12:8

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PassageAgainst Eunomius XI.3
PassageAgainst Heresies IV.15

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