Exodus 34:14

For thou shalt worship no el acher; for Hashem, Whose Shem is Jealous, is El Kanah;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 destroy their mizbechot, break their matzebot, and cut down their asherah (sacred trees, poles);

15Lest thou make a brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz, and they go a-whoring after eloheihem, and do sacrifice unto eloheihem, and one invite thee, and thou eat of his zevach (sacrifice, i.e., participate in his pagan worship);

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not tishtacheveh to them, nor serve them; for I Hashem Eloheicha am an El kanna, visiting the avon Avot upon the Banim unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;

Exodus 34:5And Hashem descended in the anan, and stood with him there, and called out the Shem of Hashem.

Deuteronomy 5:7[BET] Thou shalt have no elohim acharim before Me.

Deuteronomy 6:15(For Hashem Eloheicha is an El Kannah among you) lest the anger of Hashem Eloheicha be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of ha'adamah.

Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked Him to jealousy with zarim (foreign g-ds), 1 with to'evot (abominations) provoked they Him to anger. 1

Joshua 24:19And Yehoshua said unto HaAm, Ye are not able to serve Hashem; for He is an Elohim Kedoshim; He is an El Kanno (jealous G-d); He will not forgive your paysha'im nor your chattot.

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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