Exodus 34 · Verse 24

Exodus 34:24

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
Exodus 34:24, King James Version

Exodus 34:24 in other translations

BSBFor I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
WEBFor I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to appear before the LORD, your God, three times in the year.
ASVFor I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year.
YLTfor I dispossess nations from before thee, and have enlarged thy border, and no man doth desire thy land in thy going up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in a year.
DARBYFor I will dispossess the nations before thee, and enlarge thy border, and no man shall desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before the face of Jehovah thy God thrice in the year.
BBEFor I will send out the nations before you and make wide the limits of your land; and no man will make an attempt to take your land while you go up to give worship to the Lord, three times in the year.
WebsterFor I will drive out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God, thrice in the year.

What does Exodus 34:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:8-26

8-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Neither shall any man desire thy land - What a manifest proof was this of the power and particular providence of God! How easy would it have been for the surrounding nations to have taken possession of the whole Israelitish land, with all their fenced cities, when there were none left to protect them but women and children! Was not this a standing proof of the Divine origin of their religion, and a barrier which no deistical mind could possibly surmount! Thrice every year did God work an especial miracle for the protection of his people; controlling even the very desires of their enemies, that they might not so much as meditate evil against them. They who have God for their protector have a sure refuge; and how true is the proverb, The path of duty is the way of safety! While these people went up to Jerusalem to keep the Lord's ordinances, he kept their families in peace, and their land in safety.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 34:18-27

Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel…

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Exodus 34:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אוֹרִ֤ישׁ'o.RishI will dispossessH3423
גּוֹיִם֙go.YimnationsH1471
מִפָּנֶ֔יךָmi.pa.Nei.khafrom before youH6440
וְהִרְחַבְתִּ֖יve.hir.chav.Tiand I will enlargeH7337
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָge.vu.Le.khaterritory yourH1366
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יַחְמֹ֥דyach.Modhe will covetH2530
אִישׁ֙'ishanyoneH376
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.Khaland yourH776
בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ֗ba.'a.lo.te.Khawhen going up youH5927
לֵרָאוֹת֙le.ra.'Otto present yourselfH7200
אֶת\־'et-withH854
פְּנֵי֙pe.Nei[the] presence ofH6440
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
שָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969
פְּעָמִ֖יםpe.'a.MimtimesH6471
בַּשָּׁנָֽה\׃ba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141

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Cross references for Exodus 34:24

  • Psalms 78:55

    He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

  • Deuteronomy 12:20

    When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:10

    And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

  • Proverbs 16:7

    When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

  • Acts 18:10

    For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

  • Genesis 35:5

    And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

  • Deuteronomy 19:8

    And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

  • Psalms 80:8

    Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

  • Exodus 23:27-31

    I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. …

  • Deuteronomy 7:1

    When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

  • Job 1:10

    Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
11; 23:27-30; 33:2; Le 18:24; De 7:1; Ps 78:55; 80:8
enlarge.
23:31; De 12:20; 19:8; 1Ch 4:10
desire.
Ge 35:5; 2Ch 17:10; Job 1:10; Pr 16:7; Ac 18:10

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Context

  • Exodus 34:23

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

  • Exodus 34:24

    For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.

  • Exodus 34:25

    Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

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Exodus 34:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque yo arrojaré las gentes de tu presencia, y ensancharé tu término: y ninguno codiciará tu tierra, cuando tú subieres para ser visto delante de Jehová tu Dios tres veces en el año.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car je déposséderai les nations devant toi, et j’élargirai tes limites; et nul ne désirera ton pays, lorsque tu monteras pour paraître devant la face de l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, trois fois l’an.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn ich werde die Nationen vor dir austreiben und deine Grenze erweitern; und niemand wird deines Landes begehren, wenn du hinaufziehst, um vor dem Angesicht Jehovas, deines Gottes, zu erscheinen dreimal im Jahre. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum enim tulero gentes a facie tua, et dilatavero terminos tuos, nullus insidiabitur terræ tuæ, ascendente te, et apparente in conspectu Domini Dei tui ter in anno.