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Exodus 34:15-16 KJV
Exodus · chapter 34 · verses 15–16
15Lest 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; 16And 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.Exodus 34:15-16 · King James Version
Exodus 34:15-16 in context
13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
15Lest 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;
16And 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.
17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
18The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inhabitantsyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- sacrificezâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- whoringzânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- makekârathto cutH3772 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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Reconciliation being made, a covenant of friendship is here settled between God and Israel. The traitors are not only pardoned, but preferred and made favourites again. Well may the assurances of this be ushered in with a behold, a word commanding attention and admiration: Behold, I make a covenant.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-17