Exodus 23:13 (WEB)
“Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.
Fathers and councils · 2
“He seals the gods themselves with this name; whereas the Law, as we have said, prohibits “the names of gods to be pronounced,” and this name to be conferred on vanity.” — editor's note: Ex. xxiii. 13; Josh. xxiii. 7; Ps. xvi. 4; Hos. ii. 17; Zech. xiii. 2.
Read the whole comment“The law prohibits the gods of the nations from being named, not of course that we are not to pronounce their names, the speaking of which common intercourse extorts from us: for this must very frequently be said, “You…” — editor's note: Ex. xxiii. 13. [St. Luke, nevertheless, names Castor and Pollux, Acts xxviii. 2., on our author’s principle.]
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 10.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 20.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.