Exodus 34:17

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
make	תַעֲשֶׂה ta.'a.seh-	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
molten	מַסֵּכָ֖ה ma.se.Khah	H4541	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
gods	אֱלֹהֵ֥י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct

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Cross-references

Leviticus 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sa…
Isaiah 46:6-7 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they wo…
Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no b…
Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art…
Acts 19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, s…

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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 34:17

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. Made of a melted liquid, whether gold, or silver, or brass, poured into a mould; and though graven images are not mentioned, they are included, a part being put for the whole, as appears not only from the injunction to break images in general, whether graven or molten, Exodus 34:13 but from the second command, which expressly forbids the making and worshipping of them; but "molten" ones are particularly mentioned, because it is probable they were chiefly such the Canaanites worshipped, and especially, because the calf the Israelites had lately made and worshipped was a molten one.

The Church Fathers

"You shall make for yourself no molten gods." You see that he forbids the making of images because of idolatry and that it is impossible to make an image of the bodiless, invisible and uncircumscribed God. "You saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke.…" And St. Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, says, "Being therefore God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of man."
— John Damascene, ON DIVINE IMAGES 8

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Dictionary and topics

Idol · Ma — Ma
Idolatry · Objects of described as: Molten gods — Objects of described as: Molten gods
Molding · Of images — Of images

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Exodus 34:17

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 34:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 34:17

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 34:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 34:17-18

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 34:17-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 34:16

Rashi on Exodus 34:15