Exodus 23:13
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Exodus 23:13 in other translations
| BSB | Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips. |
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| WEB | “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth. |
| ASV | And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. |
| YLT | and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth. |
| DARBY | And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of othergods — it shall not be heard in thy mouth. |
| BBE | Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips. |
| Webster | And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard from thy mouth. |
What does Exodus 23:13 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 23:10-19
Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plough or sow it; what the earth produced of itself, should be eaten, and not laid up. This law seems to have been intended to teach dependence on Providence, and God's faithfulness in sending the larger increase while they kept his appointments. It was also typical of the heavenly rest, when all earthly labours, cares, and interests shall cease for ever. All…
Exodus 23:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 23:13
- Joshua 23:7
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
- Zechariah 13:2
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- 1 Timothy 4:16
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
- Hosea 2:17
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
- Deuteronomy 12:3
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
- Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Joshua 23:11
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
- Psalms 16:4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
- Jeremiah 10:11
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
- Deuteronomy 4:15
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
- Ephesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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Context
- Exodus 23:12
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
- Exodus 23:13
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
- Exodus 23:14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
Exodus 23:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y en todo lo que os he dicho seréis avisados. Y nombre de otros dioses no mentaréis, ni se oirá de vuestra boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous prendrez garde à tout ce que je vous ai dit; et vous ne mentionnerez pas le nom d’autres dieux; on ne l’entendra point de ta bouche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und auf alles, was ich euch gesagt habe, sollt ihr acht haben; und den Namen anderer Götter sollt ihr nicht erwähnen, er soll in deinem Munde nicht gehört werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnia quæ dixi vobis, custodite. Et per nomen externorum deorum non jurabitis, neque audietur ex ore vestro. |