Tree of Life Version
Exodus 34:24
24For I am going to cast out nations before you, then enlarge your territory. So no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before Adonai your God three times in the year.
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 are to observe the Feast of Shavuot, which is the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, as well as the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. 23Three times during the year all your males are to appear before Adonai Elohim, God of Israel. For I am going to cast out nations before you, then enlarge your territory. So no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before Adonai your God three times in the year. 25“You are not to offer the blood of My sacrifice with hametz, nor should the sacrifice of the Passover Festival remain until morning. 26“You are to bring the choicest firstfruits of your land to the House of Adonai your God. “You must not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.”
Read all of Exodus 34Exodus 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 34:11Obey what I am commanding you today. Behold, I am going to drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites before you.
- Exodus 23:27“I will send My terror before you and throw all the people to whom you will come into panic, and make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
- Exodus 33:2I will send an angel before you. I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and the Jebusites.
- Leviticus 18:24“Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all of these ways the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
- Deuteronomy 7:1“When Adonai your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out many nations before you—the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you—
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them, and allotted them an inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Psalms 80:8Elohei-Tzva’ot, restore us, and make Your face shine, and we will be saved.
- Exodus 23:31“I will set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you are to drive them out before you.
- Deuteronomy 12:20“When Adonai your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat,’ because your soul craves meat, then you may eat meat—all your soul’s desire.
- Deuteronomy 19:8“Suppose Adonai your God enlarges your territory, as He has sworn to your fathers, and He gives you all the land that He promised to give to your fathers—
- 1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez called out to the God of Israel, saying, “If only You would greatly bless me, and enlarge my territory. Let Your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I might not suffer pain.” Adonai granted what he asked.
- Genesis 35:5Then they journeyed, and the terror of God was on the cities that were around them, so they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- 2 Chronicles 17:10Now the fear of Adonai fell on all the kingdoms of the lands around Judah, so that they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.
- Job 1:10Have you not made a hedge around him, his household, and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands and his possessions have increased in the land.
- Proverbs 16:7When one’s ways are pleasing to Adonai, he makes even his enemies be at peace with him.
- Acts 18:10For I am with you and no one shall attack you to harm you—many people in this city are for Me.”
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
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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
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