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Exodus 34:15-17
Amplified Bible
Exodus 34:15-17
Amplified Bible
15 otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the prostitute with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you [a]to eat his sacrifice (meal), 16 and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters would play the prostitute with their gods and cause your sons also to play the prostitute (commit apostasy) with their gods [that is, abandon the true God for man-made idols]. 17 You shall make for yourselves no molten gods.
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- Exodus 34:15 Lit and you would eat. It was commonplace in ancient cultures to invite friends to a sacrifice to a pagan deity. Aside from its religious implications, at the end of the ceremony the sacrifice became a meal for all present and served as a social occasion.
Exodus 34:15-17
New International Version
Exodus 34:15-17
New International Version
15 “Be careful not to make a treaty(A) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute(B) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.(C) 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives(D) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,(E) they will lead your sons to do the same.
17 “Do not make any idols.(F)
Exodus 34:15-17
New King James Version
Exodus 34:15-17
New King James Version
15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they (A)play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them (B)invites you and you (C)eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of (D)his daughters for your sons, and his daughters (E)play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.
17 (F)“You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.
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Exodus 34:15-17
English Standard Version
Exodus 34:15-17
English Standard Version
15 (A)lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they (B)whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and (C)you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of (D)their daughters for your sons, and their daughters (E)whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.
17 (F)“You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.
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