Parallel Verses English Standard Version “You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal. King James Bible Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. American Standard Version Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods. English Revised Version Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. Exodus 34:17 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentTo recall the duties of the covenant once more to the minds of the people, the Lord repeats from among the rights of Israel, upon the basis of which the covenant had been established (ch. 21-23), two of the leading points which determined the attitude of the nation towards Him, and which constituted, as it were, the main pillars that were to support the covenant about to be renewed. These were, first, the warning against every kind of league with the Canaanites, who were to be driven out before the Israelites (Exodus 34:11-16); and, secondly, the instructions concerning the true worship of Jehovah (Exodus 34:17-26). The warning against friendship with the idolatrous Canaanites (Exodus 34:11-16) is more fully developed and more strongly enforced than in Exodus 23:23. The Israelites, when received into the covenant with Jehovah, were not only to beware of forming any covenant with the inhabitants of Canaan (cf. Exodus 23:32-33), but were to destroy all the signs of their idolatrous worship, such as altars, monuments (see Exodus 23:24), and asherim, the idols of Astarte, the Canaanitish goddess of nature, which consisted for the most part of wooden pillars (see my Comm. on 1 Kings 14:23), and to worship no other god, because Jehovah was called jealous, i.e., had revealed Himself as jealous (see at Exodus 20:5), and was a jealous God. This was commanded, that the Israelites might not suffer themselves to be led astray by such an alliance; to go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice to them, to take part in their sacrificial festivals, or to marry their sons to the daughters of the Canaanites, by whom they would be persuaded to join in the worship of idols. The use of the expression "go a whoring" in a spiritual sense, in relation to idolatry, is to be accounted for on the ground, that the religious fellowship of Israel with Jehovah was a covenant resembling the marriage tie; and we meet with it for the first time, here, immediately after the formation of this covenant between Israel and Jehovah. The phrase is all the more expressive on account of the literal prostitution that was frequently associated with the worship of Baal and Astarte (cf. Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 20:5-6; Numbers 14:33, etc.). We may see from Numbers 25:1. how Israel was led astray by this temptation in the wilderness. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Leviticus 19:4 Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. Acts 19:26 Moreover you see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia... Cross References Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Exodus 20:23 You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Leviticus 19:4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 5:8 "'You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Deuteronomy 27:15 "'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the LORD, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' Judges 17:3 And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, "I dedicate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you." 1 Kings 14:9 but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and metal images, provoking me to anger, and have cast me behind your back, Jump to Previous Cast Gods Idols Metal Molten Thyself YourselvesJump to Next Cast Gods Idols Metal Molten Thyself YourselvesLinks Exodus 34:17 NIVExodus 34:17 NLT Exodus 34:17 ESV Exodus 34:17 NASB Exodus 34:17 KJV Exodus 34:17 Bible Apps Exodus 34:17 Biblia Paralela Exodus 34:17 Chinese Bible Exodus 34:17 French Bible Exodus 34:17 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |