John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 34:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, etc.] That is, marry them to them, which explains what is meant by making a covenant with them, entering into such a near relation, and joining families, and thus intermixing with one another; and their daughters go a whoring after their gods; the worship of whom they have been trained up in from their infancy, and therefore hanker after them, and commit whoredom in a spiritual sense with them; and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods; by the means of tempting and drawing them into idolatrous practices, as the wives of Solomon were a snare to him.

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