Exodus 34:14

For thou shalt bow down to no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

In Context

13But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim.

15lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and they call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;

Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:7Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.

Deuteronomy 6:15for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and He destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:16They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.

Joshua 24:19And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye cannot serve the LORD; for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

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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