Exodus 34:15
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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;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.
In other translations
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;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.
Hebrew words
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435תִּכְרֹתtikhrotyou should makeH3772בְּרִיתberita covenantH1285לְיוֹשֵׁבleyoshevto [the] inhabitant[s] ofH3427הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776וְזָנוּ׀vezanuand they will prostitute themselvesH2181אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310אֱלֹהֵיהֶם'eloheihemgods theirH430וְזָבְחוּvezavechuand they will sacrificeH2076לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםleloheihemto gods theirH430וְקָרָאvekara'and someone will inviteH7121לְךָlekha<to> <the> youוְאָכַלְתָּve'akhaltaand you will eatH398מִזִּבְחוֹ׃mizivchosome of sacrifice hisH2077
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Related verses
- Judges 2:17And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.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 commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4As 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.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.
- Numbers 25:2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
- Psalm 106:28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
- Deuteronomy 31:16And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.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.
- 1 Corinthians 10:27If 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.If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
- 1 Corinthians 8:10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;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?
- Jeremiah 3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
- 1 Corinthians 10:20-2120 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. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 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.
- Leviticus 20:5-65 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. 6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.5 then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech. 6 Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
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