Exodus 34:11

“Observe thou that which I command thee this day, etc.] Which words are either said to Moses personally, as Aben Ezra thinks, as a direction to him to observe what had been said to him, and declare them to the children of Israel; or rather to the children of Israel, and respect the commands which are afterwards delivered out to be observed by them in the following verses; and what is expressed in the next clause is such as was not done by the ministry of Moses, nor in his time: behold, I drive out before thee; not before Moses, but the people of Israel, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; six nations are only mentioned, though…”

“Observe that which I command thee - We cannot expect the benefit of the promises, unless we make conscience of the precepts. The two great precepts are, Thou shalt worship no other gods - A good reason is annexed; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God - As tender in the matters of his worship as the husband is of the honour of the marriage - bed. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods - Thou shalt not worship the true God by images. This was the sin they had lately fallen into, which therefore they are particularly cautioned against. That they might not be tempted to worship other gods, they must not join in affinity or friendship with those that did. Exodus 34:12”

“Observe: Deu 4:1, Deu 4:2, Deu 4:40, Deu 5:32, Deu 6:3, Deu 6:25, Deu 12:28, Deu 12:32, Deu 28:1; Mat 28:20; Joh 14:21 I drive: Exo 3:8, Exo 3:17, Exo 33:2; Gen 15:18-21; Deu 7:1, Deu 7:19, Deu 9:4, Deu 9:5 Exodus 34:12”

“To 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 ( Exo 34:11-16); and, secondly, the instructions concerning the true worship of Jehovah ( Exo 34:17-26). The warning against friendship with the idolatrous Canaanites ( Exo 34:11-16) is…”