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You shall not makeלֹא תִכְרֹתa covenantבְּרִיתwith themלָהֶםor with their gods.וְלֵאלֹהֵיהֶם
Exodus 23:32
Study it in the app“You shall not make a covenant with them or with their gods.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:32, word by word
- You shall not makeתִכְרֹתtichrot
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “tichrot” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- or with their godsאלֹהֵיlohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohe” appears
The context
31I will set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, for I will give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and you shall drive them out from before you.
32 · This verse (above)
33They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, surely it will be a snare to you.”