Exodus 34:24

Exodus 34:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
• New International Version (NIV)I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I will cast out nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.

Context of Exodus 34:24

22“You must observe the Feast of Weeks – the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat – and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year. 23At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year. 25“You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning. 26“The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Exodus 34:24 word by word

כִּֽי־אוֹרִ֤ישׁ גּוֹיִם֙ מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ וְהִרְחַבְתִּ֖י אֶת־גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ וְלֹא־יַחְמֹ֥ד אִישׁ֙ אֶֽת־אַרְצְךָ֔ בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ֗ לֵרָאוֹת֙ אֶת־פְּנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I will cast outיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee, and enlargeרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
• thy bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• neither shall any manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• desireחָמַדchâmad · to desireH2530
• thy landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• when thou shalt go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to appearרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• thriceשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• thriceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• in the yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Exodus 34:24

• Exodus 34:11“Obey what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Exodus 23:27“I will send my terror before you, and I will destroy all the people whom you encounter; I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
• Exodus 33:2I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Leviticus 18:24“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
• Deuteronomy 7:1When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you – Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you –
• Psalms 78:55He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.
• Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.
• Exodus 23:31I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
• Deuteronomy 12:20When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” you may do so as you wish.
• Deuteronomy 19:8If the Lord your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them,
• 1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” God answered his prayer.
• Genesis 35:5and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
• 2 Chronicles 17:10The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.
• Job 1:10Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
• Proverbs 16:7When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
• Acts 18:10because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

Commentaries on Exodus 34:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Neither shall any man desire thy land - What a manifest proof was this of the power and particular providence of God! How easy would it have been for the surrounding nations to have taken possession of the whole Israelitish land, with all their fenced cities, when there were none left to protect them but women and children! Was not this a standing proof of the Divine origin of their religion, and a barrier which no deistical mind could possibly surmount!…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-27Verses 12-27 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” (Exodus 24:7). Exodus 34:13 Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Canaan was a desirable land…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24no one will covet your land: If Israel would trust God and obey him, he would protect them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-268-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 34:24

• Blessing
• Feasts

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abundant
• Commandment
• Cut
• Desire
• Festivals, Religious
• Goodness
• Keep
• Longsuffering

Commentaries on Exodus 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings