Exodus 34:16

and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

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WEBBE

and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

BSB

And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

KJV

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.

ASV

and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

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וְלָקַחְתָּ ve·la·kach·ta and you will take H3947 מִבְּנֹתָיו mi·be·no·tav some of daughters his H1323 לְבָנֶיךָ le·va·nei·kha for sons your H1121 וְזָנוּ ve·za·nu and they will prostitute themselves H2181 בְנֹתָיו ve·no·tav daughters his H1323 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei after H310 אֱלֹהֵיהֶן 'e·lo·hei·hen gods their H430 וְהִזְנוּ ve·hiz·nu and they will make prostitute [themselves] H2181 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 בָּנֶיךָ ba·nei·kha sons your H1121 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei after H310 אֱלֹהֵיהֶן 'e·lo·hei·hen gods their H430

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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Deuteronomy 7:3–4

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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.