Exodus 34:14

For thou shalt not worship the idols of the peoples; for the Lord, Zealous is His Name, a zealous God is He.

Targum Onkelos

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 their altars thou shalt destroy, and their statues break, and their groves cut down;

15Lest thou strike a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and go erring after their idols, and to their idols offer sacrifices, and they invite thee, and thou eat of their sacrifices,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not worship them nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God; visiting the sins of the fathers upon the rebellious children, unto the third generation and to the fourth generation of those who hate Me; while the children continue (or complete) to sin after their fathers;

Exodus 34:5And the Lord was revealed in the Cloud, and He stood with him there, and He proclaimed the Name of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 5:7There shall not be with thee another god beside Me.

Deuteronomy 6:15(for the Lord thy God is a jealous God, His Shekinah dwelleth 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 provoked Him by the worship of idols, by abominations they made Him angry.

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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