Keluaran 23:13

23:13 “Pay attention to do ¹  everything I have told you, and do not even mention ²  the names of other gods – do not let them be heard on your lips. ³ 

Keluaran 23:24

23:24 “You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones ⁴  to pieces. ⁵ 

Yosua 23:7

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near ⁶  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! ⁷  You must not worship ⁸  or bow down to them!

Hakim-hakim 6:10

6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship ⁹  the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 6:2

6:2 The Midianites ¹¹  overwhelmed Israel. ¹²  Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters ¹³  for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.

1 Raja-raja 17:1

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ¹⁴  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ¹⁵ 

Yesaya 44:15

44:15 A man uses it to make a fire; ¹⁶ 

he takes some of it and warms himself.

Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread.

Then he makes a god and worships it;

he makes an idol and bows down to it. ¹⁷ 

Yesaya 44:17

44:17 With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol;

he bows down to it and worships it.

He prays to it, saying,

‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’

Yesaya 44:19

44:19 No one thinks to himself,

nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:

‘I burned half of it in the fire –

yes, I baked bread over the coals;

I roasted meat and ate it.

With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol?

Should I bow down to dry wood?’ ¹⁸ 

[23:13]  ¹ tn The phrase “to do” is added; in Hebrew word order the line says, “In all that I have said to you you will watch yourselves.” The verb for paying attention is a Niphal imperfect with an imperatival force.

[23:13]  ² tn Or “honor,” Hiphil of זָכַר (zakhar). See also Exod 20:25; Josh 23:7; Isa 26:13.

[23:13]  ³ tn Heb “mouth.”

[23:13]  sn See also Ps 16:4, where David affirms his loyalty to God with this expression.

[23:24]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew is מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶם (matsevotehem, “their standing stones”); these long stones were erected to represent the abode of the numen or deity. They were usually set up near the altar or the high place. To destroy these would be to destroy the centers of Canaanite worship in the land.

[23:24]  ⁵ tn Both verbs are joined with their infinitive absolutes to provide the strongest sense to these instructions. The images of the false gods in Canaan were to be completely and utterly destroyed. This could not be said any more strongly.

[23:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “with.”

[23:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.

[23:7]  ⁸ tn Or “serve.”

[6:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “Do not fear.”

[6:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

[6:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the hand of Midian.”

[6:2]  ¹² tn Heb “The hand of Midian was strong against Israel.”

[6:2]  ¹³ tn Or possibly “secret storage places.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible.

[17:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[44:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and it becomes burning [i.e., firewood] for a man”; NAB “to serve man for fuel.”

[44:15]  ¹⁷ tn Or perhaps, “them.”

[44:19]  ¹⁸ tn There is no formal interrogative sign here, but the context seems to indicate these are rhetorical questions. See GKC 473 §150.a.