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Exodus 23:32

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 23:32 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Exodus 23:32 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 23

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.
30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
31And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Thou shalt make no covenant with them, etc.] A covenant of peace, a league, a confederacy, so as to take them to be their allies and friends; but they were always to consider them as their enemies, until they had made an utter end of them; though the Gibeonites by craft and guile obtained a league of them; but the methods they took to get it show they had some knowledge of this law, that the Israelites might not, or at least would not, make any league or covenant with the inhabitants of the land of Canaan. This may be also extended to marriage covenants, which they were forbid to make with them; which yet they did, and proved a snare to them, for this brought them to makes a covenant with…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“shalt make: Exo 34:12, Exo 34:15; Deu 7:2; Jos 9:14-23; Sa2 21:1, Sa2 21:2; Psa 106:35; Co2 6:15 nor with: Num 25:1, Num 25:2; Deu 7:16 Exodus 23:33”
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