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John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 34:15
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 commit spiritual fornication or adultery with them, which is explained by the next clause: and do sacrifice unto their gods; such as the first institutors of their idolatry enjoined, and their ancestors had observed, and were according to the rites and customs of the country: and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; invite to eat of what remained, that was offered to the idol: hence it appears, that having feasts at sacrifices, and eating things offered to idols in a festival way, are very ancient practices; (see <461027>1 Corinthians 10:27,28).
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