Exodus 34:15

Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and [one] has called to you, and you have eaten of his sacrifice,

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In The King James Version

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

In Context

14for you do not bow yourselves to another god—for YHWH, whose Name [is] Zealous, is a zealous God.

16and you have taken of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters have gone whoring after their gods, and have caused your sons to go whoring after their gods;

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Cross References

Exodus 23:32You do not make a covenant with them and with their gods;

Exodus 34:12take heed to yourself lest you make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst;

Leviticus 20:5then I have set My face against that man and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going whoring after him, even going whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people.

Numbers 25:1And Israel dwells in Shittim, and the people begin to go whoring to daughters of Moab,

Deuteronomy 7:2and your God YHWH has given them before you, then you have struck them—you utterly devote them—you do not make a covenant with them, nor do you favor them.

Deuteronomy 31:18And I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it has done, for it has turned to other gods.

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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