Exodus 23:13

God's commands to be honoured; and -other gods" not even to be mentioned, still less invoked in worship. The verse can hardly be in place in the midst of laws relating to sacred seasons. It reads like the conclusion, perhaps added by a compiler, either to the Book of the Covenant itself, or to one of the smaller collections of laws, out of which (cf. p. 203) the Book of the Covenant seems to have been formed. Probably it has found its present place as a result of successive expansions or transpositions of the text. It is impossible to determine its original position: but it would follow suitably v.19.

make Heb. make ye; Sam. make thou.

other gods See on Exodus 20:3. With the clause itself comp. Joshua 23:7 (D 2 [193]).

[193] Deuteronomic passages in Josh., Jud., Kings.

upon (Psalms 50:16 Heb.) thy mouth Cf. Hosea 2:17 [Heb. 19], Zechariah 13:2; Psalms 16:4.