Exodus 23:32
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Exodus 23:32 in other translations
| BSB | You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. |
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| WEB | You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. |
| ASV | Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. |
| YLT | thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods; |
| DARBY | Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with theirgods. |
| BBE | Make no agreement with them or with their gods. |
| Webster | Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. |
What does Exodus 23:32 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 23:20-33
It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this promise is, that they be obedient to this angel whom God would send before them. Christ is the Angel of Jehovah; this is plainly taught by St. Paul, 1Co 10:9. They should have a comfortable settlement in the land of Canaan…
Exodus 23:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 23:32
- Exodus 34:12
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:
- Deuteronomy 7:2
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:
- Exodus 34:15
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;
- 2 Corinthians 6:15
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
- Psalms 106:35
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
- Numbers 25:1-2
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
- Joshua 9:14-23
And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim. …
- 2 Samuel 21:1-2
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
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Context
- Exodus 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
- Exodus 23:32
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Exodus 23:33
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Exodus 23:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No harás alianza con ellos, ni con sus dioses. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne traiteras point alliance avec eux, ni avec leurs dieux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst mit ihnen und mit ihren Göttern keinen Bund machen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non inibis cum eis fœdus, nec cum diis eorum. |