“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; 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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“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;
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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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;
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.
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lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and they call thee, and thou eat of their sacrifice;
and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make thy sons go astray after their gods.
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- Deuteronomy 7:3-4 (v16) You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son. For that…
- Judges 2:17 (v15) Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly…
- 1 Kings 11:2-4 (v16) of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for…
- Ezra 9:2 (v16) For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples…
- Numbers 25:1-2 (v16) Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab; for they called the people to the…
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- Numbers 25:2 (v15) for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 31:16 (v15) Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. This people will rise up and play the prostitute after the strange gods…
- Nehemiah 13:25 (v16) I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not…
- Psalms 106:28 (v15) They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4 (v15) Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other…
- Nehemiah 13:23 (v16) In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
- 1 Corinthians 8:10 (v15) For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things…
- 1 Corinthians 10:27 (v15) But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no…
- Exodus 34:12 (v15) Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;
- Leviticus 17:7 (v15) They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to…
- Leviticus 20:5-6 (v15) then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him to play…
- Jeremiah 3:9 (v15) Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7 (v15) However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and…
- 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 (v16) Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with…
- Exodus 23:32 (v15) You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Exodus 34:10 (v15) He said, “Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any…
- Numbers 15:39 (v15) It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all Yahweh’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your…
- Deuteronomy 7:2 (v15) and when Yahweh your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant…
- Ezra 6:9 (v15) That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and…
- Psalms 73:27 (v15) For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
- Hosea 4:12 (v15) My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they…
- Hosea 9:1 (v15) Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every…
- 1 Corinthians 10:20-21 (v15) But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have…
- Revelation 2:20 (v15) But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to…
- Revelation 17:1-5 (v15) One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great…
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv15–16 Exo 34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the…
Exo 34:15 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;
Ver. 15. And one call thee.] Any one of the idolatrous rout, if he do but hold up his finger to thee, thou wilt easily follow him. Cereus in vitium flecti. {a}
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{a} Horat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v15 A covenant, for cohabitation, or to suffer them quietly…
A covenant, for cohabitation, or to suffer them quietly to live among you, whom you should drive out.
Go a whoring, i.e. commit idolatry, which is oft called and compared to spiritual whoredom. See Jer 2; Jer 3; Eze 16.
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And thou eat of his sacrifice to wit of the parts or remainders of his sacrifice, whereby thou wilt partake with him in an idolatrous worship; because such feasts were a part of the worship offered to the idol, and were accompanied with solemn benedictions and thanksgivings to the idol. See Num 25:2; Psa 106:28; Eze 18:6; 22:9; 1Co 10:20; Rev 2:20.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv15–16 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of…
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land,.... A marriage covenant, taking their daughters in marriage to their sons, and "vice versa", as the following words show; here the caution is to be understood and the words supplied from Exo 34:12 and inserted and connected thus, "take heed to thyself, lest thou make", &c.
and they go a whoring after their gods; that is, the inhabitants of the land, and particularly those with whom the Israelites made a covenant, and entered into a marriage relation with, and perhaps on this condition, that they would abstain from idolatry; and yet, contrary to the obligation they laid themselves under, lust after their idols, and commit spiritual fornication or adultery with them, which is explained by the next clause:
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and do sacrifice unto their gods; such as the first institutors of their idolatry enjoined, and their ancestors had observed, and were according to the rites and customs of the country:
and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; invite to eat of what remained, that was offered to the idol: hence it appears, that having feasts at sacrifices, and eating things offered to idols in a festival way, are very ancient practices; see Co1 10:27.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv15–16 Covenant. The same word occurs here, as (ver. 12,)…
Covenant. The same word occurs here, as (ver. 12,) in Hebrew and Septuagint. (Haydock) --- It relates chiefly to contracts of marriage, which God forbids the faithful to enter into with the Chanaanites, and with other idolatrous nations, lest they should follow their example. Solomon is reprehended for transgressing this law, (3 Kings xi. 1,) and such marriages are called abominations. (1 Esdras ix. 1.; x. 2, 10.; Josephus) But if any of those people became converts, the reason of the prohibition ceased. Hence a captive woman might be married, (Deuteronomy xxi. 11,) and Salmon took Rahab to wife. If Samson and Esther married with heathens, it might be done by God’s dispensation, for weighty reasons. (Tirinus) --- Fornication. On account of the dissolute behaviour of those idolater, their worship is often condemned under this name, Jeremias ii. and iii.; Ezechiel xvi. (Calmet) --- Sacrificed, and thus thou be drawn into a participation in his guilt. The other laws are here repeated from chap. xxiii. (Menochius)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv15–16 15. go a whoring after] a term of disparagement…
15. go a whoring after] a term of disparagement for, ‘desert Jehovah for.’ The same expression, v. 16, Deu_31:16 (J); Lev_17:7; Lev_20:5 (Heb. ‘after Molech’), both H; Jdg_2:17; Jdg_8:27; Jdg_8:33 (all the Deut. compiler); Eze_20:30; 1Ch_5:25 : also, more generally, of following an unworthy object, Lev_20:6, Num_15:39 (both H); Eze_6:9.
and thou eat, &c.] See on Exo_18:12; and comp. esp. Num_25:2.
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15, 16. The consequences likely to follow from any alliance with the Canaanites: participation in their rites, and intermarriage with them, leading (v. 16b) to still further idolatry.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v15 (15, 16) Lest thou make a covenant with the…
(15, 16) Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants.—If a covenant were made with the idolatrous nations of Canaan, and they were allowed to dwell in the land together with the Israelites (Exo_23:33), the danger would be, in the first place, that Israel would be induced to partake in the idol-feasts; secondly, that intermarriages would take place; and thirdly, that such Israelites as married idolatrous wives would be persuaded by them to join in their worship, and would thus be seduced into actual idolatry. Solomon’s example shows the reality of the peril. (See 1Ki_11:1-8.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v15 Vers. 15, 16. The probable consequences of making treaties…
Vers. 15, 16. The probable consequences of making treaties with the Canaanite nations, alluded to in ver. 12, and in Exo_23:33, are here fully set forth. They include
1. Joining in their idol-feasts;
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2. Intermarriages;
3. The actual apostasy of. those who married idolatrous wives.
The event fully justified the warning here given. See Jud_1:2:2, 11-13, 17 6:25 10:6, etc. They go a whoring. This expression, so common in the later books, is here used for the first time It implies that the relation between man and God is analogous to that of the marriage-bond, so that deserting him for other gods is a species of adultery. Compare the frequent representations in the New Testament of Christ as the "Bridegroom" and the Church as his "Bride."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v15 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to tell Moses how his people are to behave towards outsiders.
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for they prostitute themselves to their gods
God speaks of people worshiping other gods as if they were prostitutes going to other men. AT: "for they worship other gods" or "because they worship other gods like prostitutes who go to other men" (See: Metaphor)
you will eat some of his sacrifice
The consequence of eating food that is sacrificed to another god can be stated clearly. AT: "you will eat some of his sacrifice and become guilty of worshiping his gods" or "and you will prostitute yourself to his god by eating some of his sacrifice" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v16 34:16 Intermarriage with pagans was a problem throughout the…
34:16 Intermarriage with pagans was a problem throughout the Old Testament (see Gen 24:3; Ezra 9:1-2; cp. 2 Cor 6:14-18).
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