Exodus 34:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: ”

Exodus 34:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Exodus 34:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a (c) snare in the midst of thee: (c) If you follow their wickedness, and pollute...
Exodus 34:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 34:1-28 J. The Covenant Words. After removing Exodus 34:5-9 , the sublime account of the revelation of Yahweh's nature as mercy and truth in their unity, which follows on Exodus 33:23...
Exodus 34:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Exodus 34:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
Exodus 34:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covena...
Exodus 34:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Renewal of the Covenant In token that the people are forgiven, God renews His covenant relation with them. The conditions are the same as before. The Decalogue is inscribed on two fresh tables...
Exodus 34:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A snare. — Comp. Exodus 23:33 ; and for the nature of the snare, see Exodus 34:15-16 of the present chapter.
Exodus 34:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE VISION OF GOD. Exodus 34:1-35 It was when God had most graciously assured Moses of His affection, that he ventured, in so brief a cry that it is almost a gasp of longing,...
Exodus 34:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Covenant of the Law Renewed Exodus 34:1-17 Before we can behold the vision of Eternal Love we must be willing to fulfill three conditions: (1) Earliness : “My soul, be ready in the morning...
Exodus 34:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Moses was called again into the mount and the promised unveiling was made to him. It consisted of a declaration by God of the truth concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His m...
Exodus 34:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The same precepts are of everlasting obligation, in all ages of the Church, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 .
Exodus 34:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take heed to thyself ,.... This is said not to Moses, but to the people of Israel, as a caution to them when they should enter the land of Canaan, and possess it: lest thou make a covenant with th...
Exodus 34:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: Ver. 12. With the inhabitants. ] They were devoted...
Exodus 34:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take heed to thyself It is a sin thou art prone to, and that will easily beset thee; carefully abstain from all advances toward it; make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land If God, in ki...
Exodus 34:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SECOND GIVING OF THE LAW (vs.1-28) Though the first tables of the law had been given to Moses, they never came into the camp. Thus Israel never was under absolute law. This would have meant d...
Exodus 34:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Caution Against Idolatry. B. C. 1491. 10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: befor...
Exodus 34:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Exodus 34:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Warning Against Making Any Covenant With the Canaanites And The Need To Destroy Their Idols Because of the Awful Consequences of Idolatry and Because Yahweh is Named ‘Jealous' and Is A Jealous God...
Exodus 34:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 34:10-26 THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT The engagements which man had made with God being broken, the covenant had to be commenced de novo . All the grou...
Exodus 34:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 34:1 . I will write upon these tables. Deuteronomy 10:4 . The Lord wrote on these tables according to the first writing. In the last clause of Exodus 34:28 , the pronoun he refers, not...
Exodus 34:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT . Dazed, as it would seem, by the splendour of the vision which he had beheld, Moses forgot that God had already pledged himself to renew the cove...
Exodus 34:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Gracious Promise
Exodus 34:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

take heed Exodus 23:32 Exodus 23:33 Deuteronomy 7:2 Judges 2:2 lest Deuteronomy 7:16 Joshua 23:12 Joshua 23:13 Judges 2:3 Judges 8:27 Psalms 106:36
Exodus 34:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take heed to thyself — It is a sin thou art prone to, and that will easily beset thee; carefully abstain from all advances towards it, make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land — If God in...

Exodus 34:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 34:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 34:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 34:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 34:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 34:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 34:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 34:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 34:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 34:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 34:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 34:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 34:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 34:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 34:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes