Exodus 34:12

Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

In Context

11Observe all things which this day I command thee: I myself will drive out before thy face the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite.

13But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their groves:

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Cross References

Exodus 23:32Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods.

Deuteronomy 7:2And the Lord thy God shall have delivered them to thee, thou shalt utterly destroy them. Thou shalt make no league with them, nor shew mercy to them:

Deuteronomy 31:5Therefore when the Lord shall have delivered these also to you, you shall do in like manner to them as I have commanded you,

Joshua 23:12But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships:

Judges 6:10dummy verses inserted by amos

Psalms 106:36and served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

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 →

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