Exodus 34:15

'Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and [one] hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,

Young's Literal Translation

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 ye do not bow yourselves to another god — for Jehovah, whose name [is] Zealous, is a zealous God.

16and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;

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Cross References

Exodus 23:32thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;

Exodus 34:12take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy 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 a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people.

Numbers 25:1And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

Deuteronomy 7:2and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them — thou dost utterly devote them — thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

Deuteronomy 31:18and I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it hath done, for it hath turned unto 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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