Exodus 34:15

“Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

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WEBBE

“Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

BSB

Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

KJV

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;

ASV

lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice;

BBE

So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

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פֶּן־ pen- lest H6435 תִּכְרֹת tikh·rot you should make H3772 בְּרִית be·rit a covenant H1285 לְיוֹשֵׁב le·yo·shev to [the] inhabitant[s] of H3427 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 וְזָנוּ ve·za·nu and they will prostitute themselves H2181 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei after H310 אֱלֹהֵיהֶם 'e·lo·hei·hem gods their H430 וְזָבְחוּ ve·za·ve·chu and they will sacrifice H2076 לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם le·lo·hei·hem to gods their H430 וְקָרָא ve·ka·ra' and someone will invite H7121 לְךָ le·kha (to) (the) you H9031 וְאָכַלְתָּ ve·'a·khal·ta and you will eat H398 מִזִּבְחוֹ mi·ziv·cho some of sacrifice his H2077

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–17

The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however curious or costly; to refuse all alliance, friendship, or marriage with idolaters, and all idolatrous feasts; and they were reminded not with idolaters, and all idolatrous feats; and they were reminded not to repeat the crime of making molten images. Jealously is called the rage of a man, Pr 6:34; but in God it is holy and just displeasure. Those cannot worship God aright, who do not worship him only.

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Exodus 34:12Deuteronomy 7:2

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.