Exodus 34:15

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Cross-reference

Exodus 34:12 gives the basic command not to make a covenant with the inhabitants; this verse expands that command with the reason—they will lead you into idolatry.

Exodus 23:32 parallels this command almost verbatim: 'Make no covenant with them or with their gods,' reinforcing the same prohibition.

Revelation 17:1–5 Related theme

Revelation 17:1-5 depicts a harlot symbolizing Babylon, using the same 'whoring after idols' imagery to describe spiritual adultery.

Revelation 2:20 condemns tolerating Jezebel who teaches eating idol sacrifices, showing the warning persists in the church age.

1 Corinthians 10:21 states you cannot share in both the Lord's table and demons' table — a direct application of the Exodus covenant warning.

1 Corinthians 10:20 reveals that pagan sacrifices are offered to demons, giving the theological reason behind the Exodus prohibition.

1 Corinthians 8:10 directly pictures the same danger: eating in an idol's temple could embolden others to sin, just as the Exodus forbids.

Hosea 9:1 Parallel

Hosea 9:1 accuses Israel of playing the harlot and loving a prostitute's wages, echoing the Exodus warning.

Hosea 4:12 Parallel

Hosea 4:12 rebukes Israel for consulting idols and playing the harlot, mirroring the same sin warned against.

Jeremiah 3:9 condemns Israel's light-hearted whoredom with idols, directly tying to the warning here.

Psalm 106:28 Historical context

Psalm 106:28 recalls the same event at Peor, where they ate sacrifices to the dead, reinforcing the danger of the covenant warning.

Psalm 73:27 Related theme

Psalm 73:27 declares God destroys the unfaithful, using the same 'whoring' imagery for apostasy.

Judges 2:17 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 2:17 records Israel actually whoring after other gods, confirming the warning's historical relevance.

Leviticus 17:7 Related theme

Leviticus 17:7 forbids sacrificing to goat demons, a form of 'playing the harlot' after other gods, directly linked to the warning here against harlotry after their gods.

Leviticus 20:5 Related theme

Leviticus 20:5 applies the same 'whoring after' language to Molech worship, reinforcing the judgment on spiritual adultery.

Leviticus 20:6 Related theme

Leviticus 20:6 extends the warning to those who consult mediums, using the same 'play the harlot' imagery.

Deuteronomy 31:16 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 31:16 predicts Israel will whore after foreign gods, directly fulfilling the warning given here.

Numbers 15:39 Related theme

Numbers 15:39 uses 'whoring after' to describe following one's own heart and eyes, echoing the same caution against unfaithfulness.

Numbers 25:2 Prophetic fulfillment

Numbers 25:2 recounts Israel exactly falling into this trap — joining Baal of Peor, eating sacrifices, and bowing.

Deuteronomy 7:2 gives the same command to make no covenant with the nations, tying it to the destruction of the Canaanites.

Judges 8:33 Parallel

Judges 8:33 shows Israel later ‘whoring after Baals’ exactly as warned, using the same Hebrew verb to depict the forbidden covenant breaking.

Hosea 1:2 Allusion

Hosea 1:2 uses the identical ‘whoredom’ metaphor for Israel’s apostasy, personifying the spiritual adultery warned against in the covenant prohibition.

Deuteronomy 7:3 specifies the marriage dimension of the ban: Israel must not intermarry with the nations, directly reinforcing the covenant prohibition.

2 Chronicles 21:13 describes Jehoram leading Judah into ‘whoredom’ like the house of Ahab, illustrating the ongoing danger of idolatrous alliances.

1 Chronicles 5:25 recounts the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe breaking faith and ‘whoring after gods of the peoples’ — a direct example of the sin warned against.

1 Corinthians 8:7 warns that some eat with a defiled conscience, echoing the Exodus concern that participating in pagan rites defiles.

Psalm 106:36 summarizes the consequence: serving idols became a snare to Israel, echoing the warning’s logic of covenant with inhabitants leading to idolatry.

Ezekiel 18:6 lists avoiding idolatry (‘lift up eyes to idols’) as a mark of righteousness, reaffirming the same standard from the warning.

Acts 15:20 Parallel

Acts 15:20 requires Gentile believers to abstain from things polluted by idols — an NT application of the same principle: avoid idolatry’s contamination.

Joshua 24:15 presents the positive counterpart: choose whom to serve, contrasting with the passive warning about being led into idolatry.

Genesis 28:1 extends the same separation principle to marriage: Jacob must not marry Canaanite women, paralleling the warning against covenants with inhabitants.