Exodus 23:32
You must not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 34:15So be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for they prostitute themselves to their gods, and they sacrifice to their gods. Then one of them will invite you and you will eat some of his sacrifice,
Deuteronomy 7:1When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, he will drive out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations greater and mightier than you.
Deuteronomy 7:16You will consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God will give over to you, and your eye will not pity them. You will not worship their gods, for that will be a trap for you.
Deuteronomy 31:5Yahweh will give you victory over them when you meet them in battle, and you will do to them all that I commanded you.
Joshua 9:14So the Israelites took some of their provisions, but they did not consult with Yahweh for guidance.
2 Samuel 21:1There was a famine in David's time for three years in a row, and David sought the face of Yahweh. So Yahweh said, “This famine is on you because of Saul and his murderous family, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:21-33
Precepts and Promises. ( b. c. 1491.) 20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the… Read the whole commentary →