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Selected Verse: Exodus 34:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 34:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Take heed [08104] to thyself, lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935], lest it be for a snare [04170] in the midst [07130] of thee: |
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King James |
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in "the Book of the covenant" (Exo. 20-23; see Exo 24:7).
Exo 34:13
Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for "grove" in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Gen 21:33. Our translators supposed that what the law commands is the destruction of groves dedicated to the worship of false deities Jdg 6:25; Kg2 18:4; but inasmuch as the worship of asherah is found associated with that of Astarte, or Ashtoreth Jdg 2:13; Jdg 10:6; Sa1 7:4, it seems probable that while Astarte was the personal name of the goddess, the asherah was a symbol of her, probably in some one of her characters, made in wood in some conventional form.
Exo 34:15-16
An expansion of Exo 34:12. The unfaithfulness of the nation to its covenant with Yahweh is here for the first time spoken of as a breach of the marriage bond. The metaphor is, in any case, a natural one, but it seems to gain point, if we suppose it to convey an allusion to the abominations connected with pagan worship, such as are spoken of in Num 25:1-3.
Exo 34:21
See Exo 20:9; Exo 23:12. There is here added to the commandment a particular caution respecting those times of year when the land calls for most labor. The old verb "to ear" (i. e. to plow) is genuine English.
Exo 34:24
Neither shall any man desire etc. - Intended to encourage such as might fear the consequences of obeying the divine law in attending to their religious duties. Compare Pro 16:7. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Take heed to thyself - It is a sin thou art prone to, and that will easily beset thee; carefully abstain from all advances towards it, make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land - If God in kindness to them drove out the Canaanites, they ought in duty to God not to harbour them: If they espoused their children they would be in danger of espousing their gods. That they might not be tempted to make molten gods, they must utterly destroy those they found, and all that belonged to them, the altars and groves, lest, if they were left standing, they should be brought in process of time either to use them, or to take pattern by them. |
7 When a man's [0376] ways [01870] please [07521] the LORD [03068], he maketh even his enemies [0341] to be at peace [07999] with him.
24 For I will cast out [03423] the nations [01471] before [06440] thee, and enlarge [07337] thy borders [01366]: neither shall any man [0376] desire [02530] thy land [0776], when thou shalt go up [05927] to appear [07200] before [06440] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] thrice [06471] [07969] in the year [08141].
12 Six [08337] days [03117] thou shalt do [06213] thy work [04639], and on the seventh [07637] day [03117] thou shalt rest [07673]: that thine ox [07794] and thine ass [02543] may rest [05117], and the son [01121] of thy handmaid [0519], and the stranger [01616], may be refreshed [05314].
9 Six [08337] days [03117] shalt thou labour [05647], and do [06213] all thy work [04399]:
21 Six [08337] days [03117] thou shalt work [05647], but on the seventh [07637] day [03117] thou shalt rest [07673]: in earing time [02758] and in harvest [07105] thou shalt rest [07673].
1 And Israel [03478] abode [03427] in Shittim [07851], and the people [05971] began [02490] to commit whoredom [02181] with the daughters [01323] of Moab [04124].
2 And they called [07121] the people [05971] unto the sacrifices [02077] of their gods [0430]: and the people [05971] did eat [0398], and bowed down [07812] to their gods [0430].
3 And Israel [03478] joined [06775] himself unto Baalpeor [01187]: and the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478].
12 Take heed [08104] to thyself, lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] whither thou goest [0935], lest it be for a snare [04170] in the midst [07130] of thee:
15 Lest thou make [03772] a covenant [01285] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], and they go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430], and do sacrifice [02076] unto their gods [0430], and one call [07121] thee, and thou eat [0398] of his sacrifice [02077];
16 And thou take [03947] of their daughters [01323] unto thy sons [01121], and their daughters [01323] go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430], and make [02181] thy sons [01121] go a whoring [02181] after [0310] their gods [0430].
4 Then the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did put away [05493] Baalim [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252], and served [05647] the LORD [03068] only.
6 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] again [03254] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168], and Ashtaroth [06252], and the gods [0430] of Syria [0758], and the gods [0430] of Zidon [06721], and the gods [0430] of Moab [04124], and the gods [0430] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the gods [0430] of the Philistines [06430], and forsook [05800] the LORD [03068], and served [05647] not him.
13 And they forsook [05800] the LORD [03068], and served [05647] Baal [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252].
4 He removed [05493] the high places [01116], and brake [07665] the images [04676], and cut down [03772] the groves [0842], and brake in pieces [03807] the brasen [05178] serpent [05175] that Moses [04872] had made [06213]: for unto those days [03117] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did burn incense [06999] to it: and he called [07121] it Nehushtan [05180].
25 And it came to pass the same night [03915], that the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Take [03947] thy father's [01] young [06499] bullock [07794], even the second [08145] bullock [06499] of seven [07651] years old [08141], and throw down [02040] the altar [04196] of Baal [01168] that thy father [01] hath, and cut down [03772] the grove [0842] that is by it:
33 And Abraham planted [05193] a grove [0815] in Beersheba [0884], and called [07121] there on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], the everlasting [05769] God [0410].
13 But ye shall destroy [05422] their altars [04196], break [07665] their images [04676], and cut down [03772] their groves [0842]:
7 And he took [03947] the book [05612] of the covenant [01285], and read [07121] in the audience [0241] of the people [05971]: and they said [0559], All that the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] will we do [06213], and be obedient [08085].