Chūāijíjì 23:24

24 Nǐ bùkĕ guìbaì tāmende shén , bùkĕ shìfèng tā , yĕ bùkĕ xiàofǎ tāmende xíngwéi , què yào bǎ shénxiàng jìn xíng chāihuǐ , dá suì tāmende zhù xiàng .

Chūāijíjì 23:24 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 23:24

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods
In a way of honour to them, doing them reverence, expressing thereby an high esteem of them, trust in them, and expectation of good things from them;

nor serve them:
in any kind of service in which they usually are served by their votaries; as by offering sacrifice, incense, libations or by praying to them or praising of them, or in whatsoever way they are served by idolaters:

nor do after their works;
the works of the worshippers of idols; all those wicked works in general done by them, which should not be imitated; and those particularly relating to the service and worship of their deities:

but thou shalt overthrow them;
the heathen gods; utterly destroy them, and break them to pieces, or demolish their temples, the idolatrous houses built for them, and their altars; for the word has the signification, of demolishing buildings, and razing up the very foundations of them:

and quite break down their images;
or, "in breaking break down" ^F15; utterly and entirely break them down, break them to shivers, all their statues of gold or silver, brass, wood, or stone, or of whatsoever materials they were made; none were to be spared, nor any remains of them to be seen, that they might not prove a snare to any to worship them; and hereby they were to express their detestation of idolatry, and their strict and close adherence to the true God, and the worship of him as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (rbvt rbv) "confringendo confringes", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, "perfringendo perfringito", Piscator.

Chūāijíjì 23:24 In-Context

22 Nǐ ruò shízaì tīng cóng tāde huà , zhào zhe wǒ yīqiè suǒ shuō de qù xíng , wǒ jiù xiàng nǐde chóudí zuò chóudí , xiàng nǐde dírén zuò dírén .

23 Wǒde shǐzhĕ yào zaì nǐ qiánmian xíng , lǐng nǐ dào Yàmólìrén , Hèrén , Bǐlìxǐrén , Jiānán rén , Xīwèirén , Yēbùsīrén nàli qù , wǒ bì jiàng tāmen jiǎnchú .

24 Nǐ bùkĕ guìbaì tāmende shén , bùkĕ shìfèng tā , yĕ bùkĕ xiàofǎ tāmende xíngwéi , què yào bǎ shénxiàng jìn xíng chāihuǐ , dá suì tāmende zhù xiàng .

25 Nǐmen yào shìfèng Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén , tā bì cì fú yǔ nǐde liáng yǔ nǐde shuǐ , yĕ bì cóng nǐmen zhōngjiān chú qù jíbìng .

26 Nǐ jìng neì bì méiyǒu zhuì tāi de , bú shēngchǎn de . wǒ yào shǐ nǐ mǎn le nǐ nián rì de shùmù .