출애굽기 34:11의 주석

את האמרי וגו׳ THE AMORITE etc. — There are only six nations mentioned here, because the seventh, the Girgashites, arose and emigrated of their own accord (Leviticus Rabbah 17:6; cf. Rashi on Exodus 33:2).

OBSERVE THOU THAT WHICH I AM COMMANDING THEE THIS DAY. Of all the commandments mentioned previously He did not say I am commanding thee. Therefore we must explain the meaning of His words as follows: “Observe the commandments which I command you today, and do not treat them as you have treated those which I commanded you at first, when you violated everything by worshipping the idols.” Now He promised here to drive out from before them the peoples [of the Land], and He warned them against their idols and against making a covenant with them, just as He had done in the section of Behold, I send an angel before thee,⁵²⁰Ibid., 23:20. thus going over the first conditions again. However, He added here, Thou shalt make thee no molten gods,⁵²¹Further, Verse 17. meaning that they should not do as they had done with the calf, even if their thoughts are directed to Heaven, to make themselves a guide. He restated here the subject of the three festivals,⁵²²Ibid., Verse 23. that they appear before the Eternal G-d, the G-d of Israel,⁵²²Ibid., Verse 23. as He had mentioned it there.⁵²³Above, 23:17. The reason [for the restatement] is known, since it comes after the admonition against idolatry. I have already explained it at the end of [Seder] Vayishma Yithro.⁵²⁴Ibid., 20:21.

שמר לך את אשר אנכי מצוך היום, I do not only caution you against ever trading My glory for some other deity, but you must not allow others to serve alien deities [this applies in the land of Israel where we shall have control of such people. Ed.]