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Exodus 34:15

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.

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ASV

lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice;

KJV

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;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
תִּכְרֹ֥תtikh.Rotyou should makeH3772 →
בְּרִ֖יתbe.Rita covenantH1285 →
לְיוֹשֵׁ֣בle.yo.Shevto [the] inhabitant[s] ofH3427 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וְזָנ֣וּ׀ve.za.Nuand they will prostitute themselvesH2181 →
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.Hemgods theirH430 →
וְזָבְחוּ֙ve.za.ve.Chuand they will sacrificeH2076 →
לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םle.Lo.hei.Hemto gods theirH430 →
וְקָרָ֣אve.ka.Ra'and someone will inviteH7121 →
לְךָ֔le.Kha<to> <the> you
וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ve.'a.khal.Taand you will eatH398 →
מִזִּבְחֽוֹ׃mi.ziv.Chosome of sacrifice hisH2077 →

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Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”Judges 2:17Israel, 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.Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.1 Corinthians 8:4So 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.Deuteronomy 31:16And 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.Numbers 25:2who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.1 Corinthians 8:10For 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?1 Corinthians 10:27If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.Exodus 34:12Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’Leviticus 20:5–6then 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.Jeremiah 3:9Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.1 Corinthians 10:20–21No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.1 Corinthians 8:7But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.1 Chronicles 5:25They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families. But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.Revelation 17:1–5Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

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About Exodus

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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