Exodus 34:12
Beware that you do not ever join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be your ruin.
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13But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves.
Cross References
Exodus 23:32You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods.
Deuteronomy 7:2and when the Lord your God will have delivered them to you, you shall strike them down unto utter annihilation. You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor shall you show any pity to them.
Deuteronomy 31:5Therefore, when the Lord will have delivered these to you also, you shall act similarly toward them, just as I have instructed you.
Joshua 23:12But if you choose to cling to the errors of these nations that live among you, and to mix with them by marriage, and to join with them by friendship,
Judges 6:10And I said: I am the Lord your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live. But you were not willing to listen to my voice.’”
Psalms 106:36And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:11-18
A Caution Against Idolatry. ( b. c. 1491.) 10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord : for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to… Read the whole commentary →