Exodus 34:16

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
take	וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ ve.la.kach.Ta	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
daughters	מִבְּנֹתָ֖יו mi.be.no.Tav	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sons	לְבָנֶ֑יךָ le.va.Nei.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
daughters	בְנֹתָ֗יו ve.no.Tav	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
whoring	וְזָנ֣וּ ve.za.Nu	H2181	to commit adultery (usually of the female · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
after	אַחֲרֵי֙ 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
gods	אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן 'e.Lo.hei.Hen	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
make	וְהִזְנוּ֙ ve.hiz.Nu	H2181	to commit adultery (usually of the female · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
sons	בָּנֶ֔יךָ ba.Nei.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
whoring	זָנָה zânâh	H2181	to commit adultery (usually of the female
after	אַחֲרֵ֖י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
gods	אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽן 'e.lo.hei.Hen	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
1 Kings 11:2-4 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you:…
Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of…
Numbers 25:1-2 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Nehemiah 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye sh…
Nehemiah 13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath li…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:10-17

Reconciliation being made, a covenant of friendship is here settled between God and Israel. The traitors are not only pardoned, but preferred and made favourites again. Well may the assurances of this be ushered in with a behold, a word commanding attention and admiration: Behold, I make a covenant. When the covenant was broken, it was Israel that broke it; now that it comes to be renewed, it is God that makes it. If there be quarrels, we must bear all the blame; if there be peace, God must have all the glory. Here is, I. God's part of this covenant, what he would do for them, Exo 34:10, Exo 34:11. 1. In general: Before all thy people, I will do marvels. Note, Covenant-blessings are marvello…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:9

he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us--On this proclamation, he, in the overflowing benevolence of s heart, founded an earnest petition for the Divine Presence being continued with the people; and God was pleased to give His favorable answer to Moses' intercession by a renewal of His promise under the form of a covenant, repeating the leading points that formed the conditions of the former national compact.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 34:13

Ye shall destroy their images - See the subjects of this and all the following verses, to Exo 34:28, treated at large in the notes on Exodus 23 (note).

John Gill on Exodus 34:16

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons,.... That is, marry them to them, which explains what is meant by making a covenant with them, entering into such a near relation, and joining families, and thus intermixing with one another: and their daughters go a whoring after their gods; the worship of whom they have been trained up in from their infancy, and therefore hanker after them, and commit whoredom in a spiritual sense with them: and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods; by the means of tempting and drawing them into idolatrous practices, as the wives of Solomon were a snare to him.

Dictionary and topics

Idolatry — Image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object. Paul describes the origin of idolatry in Rom. 1:21-25: men forsook God, and sank into ignorance and moral corruption (1:28). The forms of…
Samson — Of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a “Nazarite unto God” from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5;…
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Lead to idolatry — Lead to idolatry
Idolatry · Saints should: Not intermarry with those who practise — Saints should: Not intermarry with those who practise
Miscegenation · Moses — Moses
Temptation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 34:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:10-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 34:13

John Gill on Exodus 34:16

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 34:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:10-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 34:13

John Gill on Exodus 34:16

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 34:14-16

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 34:11-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 34:16

Rashi on Exodus 34:15