Esodo 34:15

15 Guardati dunque che tu non faccia lega con gli abitanti di quel paese; che talora, quando essi fornicheranno dietro a’ lor dii, e sacrificheranno loro, non ti chiamino, e tu non mangi de’ lor sacrificii.

Esodo 34:15 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:15

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the
land
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 ( Exodus 34:12 ) and inserted and connected thus, "take heed to thyself, lest thou make"

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 ( 1 Corinthians 10:27 1 Corinthians 10:28 ) .

Esodo 34:15 In-Context

13 Anzi disfate i loro altari, e spezzate le loro statue, e tagliate i lor boschi.

14 Perciocchè tu non hai da adorare altro dio; conciossiachè il nome del Signore sia: Il Geloso; egli è un Dio geloso.

15 Guardati dunque che tu non faccia lega con gli abitanti di quel paese; che talora, quando essi fornicheranno dietro a’ lor dii, e sacrificheranno loro, non ti chiamino, e tu non mangi de’ lor sacrificii.

16 E non prenda delle lor figliuole per li tuoi figliuoli; e ch’esse, fornicando dietro a’ lor dii, non facciano parimente fornicare i tuoi figliuoli dietro agl’iddii loro.

17 Non farti alcun dio di getto.