Exodus 34:24
in Exodus 34For 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For 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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Exodus 34
Commentary
6 notes on this verseNeither 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!
This site's exposition
For I will cast out the nations before thee
The command of verse 23 empties the farms and the borders three times a year, and this verse answers an objection nobody has raised yet. God undertakes to keep the land while the men are away, saying that no man shall desire it. Obedience is asked at the point where it looks like a risk, and the risk is the thing God says he will carry.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Neither shalt any man desire thy land - Not only they shall not invade it, but they shall not so much as think of invading it. What a standing Miracle was this, for so many Generations?
For I will cast out the nations before thee,....
Canaan was a desirable land, and the neighbouring nations were greedy enough; and yet God says, "They shall not desire it." Let us check all sinful desires in our own hearts against God and his glory, and then trust him to check all sinful desires in the hearts of others against us and our interest. The way of duty is the way of safety.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אוֹרִ֤ישׁ | ʾorish | I will dispossess | H3423 → | |
| גּוֹיִם֙ | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ | mipaneikha | from before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וְהִרְחַבְתִּ֖י | vehirchavti | and I will enlarge | H7337 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ | gevulekha | territory your | H1366 → | 240 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַחְמֹ֥ד | yachmod | he will covet | H2530 → | 25 times |
| אִישׁ֙ | ʾish | anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַרְצְךָ֔ | ʾartzekha | land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ֗ | baalotekha | when going up you | H5927 → | 890 times |
| לֵרָאוֹת֙ | leraot | to present yourself | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| פְּנֵי֙ | penei | [the] presence of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| שָׁלֹ֥שׁ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| פְּעָמִ֖ים | peamim | times | H6471 → | 118 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃ | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אוֹרִ֤ישׁI will dispossess
ʾorishH3423 →
גּוֹיִם֙nations
goyimH1471 →561 times
מִפָּנֶ֔יךָfrom before you
mipaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
וְהִרְחַבְתִּ֖יand I will enlarge
vehirchavtiH7337 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָterritory your
gevulekhaH1366 →240 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יַחְמֹ֥דhe will covet
yachmodH2530 →25 times
אִישׁ֙anyone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַרְצְךָ֔land your
ʾartzekhaH776 →2504 times
בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ֗when going up you
baalotekhaH5927 →890 times
לֵרָאוֹת֙to present yourself
leraotH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
פְּנֵי֙[the] presence of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
שָׁלֹ֥שׁthree
shaloshH7969 →432 times
פְּעָמִ֖יםtimes
peamimH6471 →118 times
בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃in the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will…
it leads to
- Matthew 7:7–11
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Psalms 116:1–4
I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
- Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Matthew 7:7–11
Through
Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
it leads to
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 1 John 3:22
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
- 2 Chronicles 17:10
And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
- Romans 8:31
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.