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The Covenant Renewed

10 Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous works (miracles) such as have not been created or produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live shall see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful and awesome thing that I am going to do with you.

11 “Be sure to observe what I am commanding you this day: behold, I am going to drive out the Amorite before you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Watch yourself so that you do not make a covenant (solemn agreement, treaty) with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a [dangerous] trap among you. 13 But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their [a]Asherim 14 —for you shall not worship any other god; for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His]— 15 otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the prostitute with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you [b]to eat his sacrifice (meal), 16 and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters would play the prostitute with their gods and cause your sons also to play the prostitute (commit apostasy) with their gods [that is, abandon the true God for man-made idols]. 17 You shall make for yourselves no molten gods.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:13 Symbols of the mother-goddess Asherah, usually a tree or pole dedicated to her and placed near her many shrines.
  2. Exodus 34:15 Lit and you would eat. It was commonplace in ancient cultures to invite friends to a sacrifice to a pagan deity. Aside from its religious implications, at the end of the ceremony the sacrifice became a meal for all present and served as a social occasion.

10 Y él contestó: He aquí, yo hago pacto delante de todo tu pueblo; haré maravillas que no han sido hechas en toda la tierra, ni en nación alguna, y verá todo el pueblo en medio del cual estás tú, la obra de Jehová; porque será cosa tremenda la que yo haré contigo.

Advertencia contra la idolatría de Canaán

(Dt. 7.1-5)

11 Guarda lo que yo te mando hoy; he aquí que yo echo de delante de tu presencia al amorreo, al cananeo, al heteo, al ferezeo, al heveo y al jebuseo. 12 Guárdate de hacer alianza con los moradores de la tierra donde has de entrar, para que no sean tropezadero en medio de ti. 13 Derribaréis sus altares, y quebraréis sus estatuas, y cortaréis sus imágenes de Asera.(A) 14 Porque no te has de inclinar a ningún otro dios, pues Jehová, cuyo nombre es Celoso, Dios celoso es. 15 Por tanto, no harás alianza con los moradores de aquella tierra; porque fornicarán en pos de sus dioses, y ofrecerán sacrificios a sus dioses, y te invitarán, y comerás de sus sacrificios; 16 o tomando de sus hijas para tus hijos, y fornicando sus hijas en pos de sus dioses, harán fornicar también a tus hijos en pos de los dioses de ellas.

17 No te harás dioses de fundición.(B)

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