Exo 23:13, Deu 12:3, Psa 16:4 | JFB | STEP | 13. make no mention of the name of other gods, &c.-- that is, in common conversation, for a familiar use of them would tend to lessen horror of idolatry.

‏ Exodus 23:13

13. make no mention of the name of other gods, &c.--that is, in common conversation, for a familiar use of them would tend to lessen horror of idolatry.

‏ Deuteronomy 12:3

3. And ye shall overthrow their altars--piles of turf or small stones.

and break their pillars--Before the art of sculpture was known, the statues of idols were only rude blocks of colored stones.

‏ Psalms 16:4

4. He expresses his abhorrence of those who seek other sources of happiness or objects of worship, and, by characterizing their rites by drink offerings of blood, clearly denotes idolaters. The word for "sorrows" is by some rendered "idols"; but, though a similar word to that for idols, it is not the same. In selecting such a term, there may be an allusion, by the author, to the sorrows produced by idolatrous practices.