Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
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Gill's Exposition
Then I said unto them,.... Having promised and swore to do such great and good things for them; which must lay them under an obligation to regard what he should command them: promises and blessings of…
The children of Israel in Egypt were warned to abstain from the idolatry of the pagan. This purpose they lost sight of, yet God spared them and brought them into another state of probation. Eze 20:5…
Adam Clarke
Cast ye away - the abominations - Put away all your idols; those incentives to idolatry that ye have looked on with delight.
The history of the ingratitude and rebellion of the people of Israel here begins as early as their beginning; so does the history of man's apostasy from his Maker. No sooner have we read the story of…
Cambridge Bible
abominations of his eyes Those to which his eyes and desires were directed, the idols, cf. Eze 18:6; Num 15:39. The prophet charges Israel with idolatry in Egypt (ch. Eze 23:3). Though history as we…
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