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They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them. They will invite you to join them in their sacrificial meals, and you will go with them. <a href="/esv/exodus/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, <a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/exodus/34.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/exodus/34.htm">New King James Version</a> lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice, <a href="/nasb_/exodus/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they would prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice, <a href="/nasb/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice, <a href="/nasb77/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they play the harlot with their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invite you to eat of his sacrifice; <a href="/lsb/exodus/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invite you to eat of his sacrifice, <a href="/amp/exodus/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the prostitute with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat his sacrifice (meal), <a href="/csb/exodus/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. <a href="/asv/exodus/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/cev/exodus/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't make treaties with the people there, or you will soon find yourselves worshiping their gods and taking part in their sacrificial meals. <a href="/erv/exodus/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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; <a href="/gwt/exodus/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in that land. When they chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes and sacrifice to them, they may invite you to eat the meat from their sacrifices with them. <a href="/gnt/exodus/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> Do not make any treaties with the people of the country, because when they worship their pagan gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you to join them, and you will be tempted to eat the food they offer to their gods. <a href="/isv/exodus/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> Otherwise, you may make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and when they prostitute themselves with their gods and offer sacrifices to their gods, someone may invite you and then you may eat some of their sacrifices. <a href="/msb/exodus/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/exodus/34.htm">NET Bible</a> Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice; <a href="/nheb/exodus/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Do not 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; <a href="/wbt/exodus/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; <a href="/web/exodus/34.htm">World English Bible</a> “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; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and [one] has called to you, and you have eaten of his sacrifice, <a href="/ylt/exodus/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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, <a href="/slt/exodus/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Lest thou shalt make a covenant to those dwelling in the land and they committed fornication after their gods, and sacrificed to their gods, and call to thee, and thou didst eat from his sacrifice;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Make no covenant with the men of those countries lest, when they have committed fornication with their gods, and have adored their idols, some one call thee to eat of the things sacrificed. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Do not enter into a pact with the men of those regions, lest, when they will have fornicated with their gods and worshiped their idols, someone might call upon you to eat from what was immolated. <a href="/nabre/exodus/34.htm">New American Bible</a> Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land; else, when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to them, one of them may invite you and you may partake of the sacrifice. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, someone among them will invite you, and you will eat of the sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, so that the people may not go astray after their idols and sacrifice to their gods, and they shall invite you, and you shall eat of their sacrifices; <a href="/hpbt/exodus/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You shall not worship another god, because LORD JEHOVAH is zealous; the name of God is zealous:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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; <a href="/sep/exodus/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> lest at any time thou make a covenant with the dwellers on the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and they call thee, and thou shouldest eat of their feasts, <a href="/parallel/exodus/34-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8956" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">The LORD Renews the Covenant</a> …14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. 15<a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: tiḵ·rōṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">make</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ (N-fs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">a covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: lə·yō·wō·šêḇ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">with the inhabitants</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: wə·zā·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">for when they prostitute themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">their gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: wə·zā·ḇə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">and sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: wə·qā·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">they will invite</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵal·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and you will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: miz·ziḇ·ḥōw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">their sacrifices.</a> 16And 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a> Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. <a href="/judges/2-12.htm">Judges 2:12-13</a> Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-14.htm">Deuteronomy 6:14-15</a> Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you. / For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-22</a> No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. / Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He? <a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16</a> And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... <a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a> For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a> My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. <a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm">1 Kings 11:2-4</a> These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. / For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. <a href="/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35-39</a> but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. / They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ... <a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a> But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1-3</a> While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, / who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. / So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-9.htm">1 Corinthians 5:9-11</a> I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a> They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’ <a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a> Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one call you, and you eat of his sacrifice;make<a href="/exodus/34-10.htm">Exodus 34:10,12</a> 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… <a href="/exodus/23-32.htm">Exodus 23:32</a> Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.<a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2</a> And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:whoring<a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a> And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.<a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Leviticus 20:5,6</a> Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people… <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Numbers 15:39</a> And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:call thee<a href="/numbers/25-2.htm">Numbers 25:2</a> And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.<a href="/1_corinthians/10-27.htm">1 Corinthians 10:27</a> If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.eat<a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Psalm 106:28</a> They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.<a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4,7,10</a> As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one… <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20,21</a> But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/exodus/23-4.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/32-31.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/revelation/19-9.htm">Guests</a> <a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/exodus/2-20.htm">Invite</a> <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-27.htm">Invites</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Otherwise</a> <a href="/exodus/30-36.htm">Part</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Play</a> <a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/21-16.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/exodus/33-10.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Treaty</a> <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/34-27.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-4.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/exodus/34-27.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Guests</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/judges/11-21.htm">Inhabitant</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-3.htm">Invite</a> <a href="/numbers/25-2.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm">Invites</a> <a href="/exodus/35-16.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">Otherwise</a> <a href="/exodus/35-24.htm">Part</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Play</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/exodus/34-25.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Someone</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Treaty</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 34</div>1. <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">The tablets are replaced</a> 5. <a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">The name of the Lord proclaimed</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Moses entreats God to go with them</a> 10. <a href="/exodus/34-10.htm">God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties</a> 28. <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets</a> 29. <a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The inhabitants of Canaan were known for their idolatrous practices, which were in direct opposition to the worship of Yahweh. Making a covenant with them would imply a form of alliance or agreement that could lead to spiritual compromise. This warning is consistent with earlier instructions in <a href="/exodus/23-32.htm">Exodus 23:32-33</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2-4</a>, emphasizing the importance of remaining separate from pagan influences to maintain purity in worship.for when they prostitute themselves to their gods The term "prostitute" here is metaphorical, describing the act of idolatry as spiritual unfaithfulness. In the ancient Near East, idolatry was often associated with ritualistic practices that included sexual immorality. The use of this language underscores the seriousness of idolatry as a betrayal of the covenant relationship between God and His people. This imagery is echoed in the prophetic writings, such as in <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a>, where Israel's idolatry is likened to adultery.and sacrifice to them Sacrifices were central to worship in ancient cultures, serving as offerings to deities. The Canaanites practiced various forms of sacrifice, including those that were abhorrent to God, such as child sacrifice (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Deuteronomy 12:31</a>). By participating in these sacrifices, the Israelites would be directly engaging in pagan worship, violating the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and defiling themselves spiritually.they will invite you The inhabitants of the land would likely extend invitations to the Israelites to join in their religious feasts and rituals. Such invitations would be tempting, offering a sense of community and acceptance. However, accepting these invitations would lead to syncretism, diluting the distinctiveness of Israel's worship and potentially leading them away from their covenant with God. This is a recurring theme in Israel's history, as seen in <a href="/numbers/25.htm">Numbers 25:1-3</a>, where the Israelites were led astray by Moabite women.and you will eat their sacrifices Eating sacrifices was a form of participation in the worship of the deity to whom the sacrifice was offered. In <a href="/1_corinthians/10-18.htm">1 Corinthians 10:18-21</a>, Paul discusses the implications of eating food sacrificed to idols, highlighting the spiritual communion it represents. For the Israelites, consuming such sacrifices would signify a breach of their exclusive devotion to Yahweh, aligning themselves with the gods of the land and inviting divine judgment. This underscores the importance of maintaining holiness and separation from idolatrous practices.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who received the commandments from God on Mount Sinai. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a> The one true God who is giving instructions to Moses and the Israelites. 3. <a href="/topical/i/inhabitants_of_the_land.htm">Inhabitants of the Land</a> Refers to the Canaanite peoples living in the Promised Land, who worshiped other gods. 4. <a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a> A solemn agreement or treaty, in this context, a warning against forming alliances with pagan nations. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prostitution_to_their_gods.htm">Prostitution to their gods</a> A metaphor for idolatry, indicating unfaithfulness to God by worshiping other deities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/avoiding_spiritual_compromise.htm">Avoiding Spiritual Compromise</a> God’s command to avoid covenants with pagan nations underscores the importance of maintaining spiritual purity and avoiding compromise with worldly influences. <a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_idolatry.htm">The Dangers of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is likened to spiritual adultery, highlighting the seriousness of turning away from God to follow other "gods" or priorities in our lives. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a> Just as the Israelites were called to be faithful to God, Christians are called to remain loyal to Christ, avoiding alliances that could lead to spiritual infidelity. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_temptation.htm">Guarding Against Temptation</a> The warning to not eat sacrifices offered to other gods serves as a reminder to be vigilant against participating in practices that could lead us away from our faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Obedience to God’s commands is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him and avoiding the pitfalls of sin and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 34</a> <a href="/q/why_ban_honey_in_leviticus_offerings.htm">Leviticus 2:11: Why prohibit honey in offerings, considering it was a widely available sweetener and valued commodity in that region? </a> <a href="/q/does_deut._27_8_imply_clearer_law_writing.htm">Does the command in Deuteronomy 27:8 to write the Law 'very clearly' imply a significant difference from earlier recordings of the Law?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_deut._7_1-2_allow_destruction.htm">If God is compassionate, how can Deuteronomy 7:1-2 condone the total destruction of other nations?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_exodus_23_9_with_harsh_ot_laws.htm">How do we reconcile the command in Exodus 23:9 to treat foreigners kindly with other Old Testament passages that demand harsh treatment of certain groups?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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 (<a href="/exodus/23-33.htm" title="They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me: for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.">Exodus 23:33</a>), 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 <a href="/context/1_kings/11-1.htm" title="But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:">1Kings 11:1-8</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 15, 16. - The probable consequences of making treaties with the Canaanite nations, alluded to in ver. 12, and in <a href="/exodus/23-33.htm">Exodus 23:33</a>, are here fully set forth. They include - 1. Joining in their idol-feasts; 2. Intermarriages; 3. The actual apostasy cf. those who married idolatrous wives. . . . <a href="/commentaries/exodus/34-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Do not פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> Removal, lest make תִּכְרֹ֥ת (tiḵ·rōṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a covenant בְּרִ֖ית (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant with the inhabitants לְיוֹשֵׁ֣ב (lə·yō·wō·šêḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of the land, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land for when they prostitute themselves וְזָנ֣וּ ׀ (wə·zā·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> To commit adultery, to commit idolatry to אַחֲרֵ֣י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part their gods אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֗ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and sacrifice וְזָבְחוּ֙ (wə·zā·ḇə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice to [them], לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם (lê·lō·hê·hem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative they will invite וְקָרָ֣א (wə·qā·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read you, לְךָ֔ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> and you will eat וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ (wə·’ā·ḵal·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat their sacrifices; מִזִּבְחֽוֹ׃ (miz·ziḇ·ḥōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">OT Law: Exodus 34:15 Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants (Exo. 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