Exodus 34:15

“Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, etc.] A marriage covenant, taking their daughters in marriage to their sons, and “vice versa”, as the following words show; here the caution is to be understood and the words supplied from (<023412>Exodus 34:12) and inserted and connected thus, “take heed to thyself, lest thou make”, etc. and they go a whoring after their gods; that is, the inhabitants of the land, and particularly those with whom the Israelites made a covenant, and entered into a marriage relation with, and perhaps on this condition, that they would abstain from idolatry; and yet, contrary to the obligation they laid themselves under, lust after their idols, and…”

“The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; see Exodus 24:7). Exodus 34:13 Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators supposed that what the law commands is the destruction of groves dedicated to the worship of false deities Judges 6:25; 2 Kings 18:4; but inasmuch as the worship of asherah is found associated with that of Astarte, or Ashtoreth Judges…”

“make: Exo 34:10, Exo 34:12, Exo 23:32; Deu 7:2 whoring: Lev 17:7, Lev 20:5, Lev 20:6; Num 15:39; Deu 31:16; Jdg 2:17; Psa 73:27; Jer 3:9; Ezr 6:9; Hos 4:12, Hos 9:1; Rev 17:1-5 call thee: Num 25:2; Co1 10:27 eat: Psa 106:28; Co1 8:4, Co1 8:7, Co1 8:10, Co1 10:20, Co1 10:21; Rev 2:20 Exodus 34:16”