Exodus 34:15 “Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they…”

Exodus 34:15

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;

World English Bible

“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;

American Standard Version

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

Lest thou make a compact with the inhabitantes of the lande, and when they goe a whoring after their gods, and doe sacrifice vnto their gods, some man call thee, and thou eate of his sacrifice:

Darby Translation

lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and then, when they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, thou be invited, and eat of their sacrifice,

Young's Literal Translation

'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,

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“make”

Exodus 34:12 Exodus 34:10 Exodus 23:32 Deuteronomy 7:2

Exodus 34:12 · BSB

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

Exodus 34:10 · BSB

And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for…

Exodus 23:32 · BSB

You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

Deuteronomy 7:2 · BSB

and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

“whoring”

Judges 2:17 Deuteronomy 31:16 Leviticus 17:7 Jeremiah 3:9 Numbers 15:39 Psalm 73:27

Judges 2:17 · BSB

Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s c…

Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB

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…

Leviticus 17:7 · BSB

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.’

Jeremiah 3:9 · BSB

Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

Numbers 15:39 · BSB

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Psalm 73:27 · BSB

Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

“call thee”

Numbers 25:2 1 Corinthians 10:27

Numbers 25:2 · BSB

who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

1 Corinthians 10:27 · BSB

If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

“eat”

Psalm 106:28 1 Corinthians 8:4 1 Corinthians 8:10 1 Corinthians 8:7 Revelation 2:20 1 Corinthians 10:20

Psalm 106:28 · BSB

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

1 Corinthians 8:4 · BSB

So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

1 Corinthians 8:10 · BSB

For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

1 Corinthians 8:7 · BSB

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

Revelation 2:20 · BSB

But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

1 Corinthians 10:20 · BSB

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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.

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