Exodus 34:16

And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons,—And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

In Context

15Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land,—And then as surely as they go unchastely after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, So surely will he invite thee, And thou wilt eat of his sacrifice;

17Molten gods, shalt thou not make to thee.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15So shall he not profane his seed, among his kinsfolk,—For I—Yahweh, do hallow him.

Deuteronomy 7:3neither shalt thou intermarry with them,—thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son;

Joshua 23:12But, if ye, do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, these which remain with you,—and intermarry with them, and go in with them, and, they, with you;

Judges 3:6and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served their gods.

1 Kings 11:2out of the nations concerning whom Yahweh had said unto the sons of Israel—Ye shall not go in unto them, and, they, shall not come in unto you, surely they will turn aside your heart after their gods. Unto these, did Solomon cleave in love.

2 Chronicles 21:11He too, made high places among the mountains of Judah,—and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unchaste, and seduced Judah.

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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