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Exodus 34:12

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34:12Be careful not to make25 a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare26 among you.

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  1. 25 The exact expression is “take heed to yourself lest you make.” It is the second use of this verb in the duties, now in the Niphal stem. To take heed to yourself means to watch yourself, be sure not to do something. Here, if they failed to do this, they would end up making entangling treaties.
  2. 26 A snare would be a trap, an allurement to ruin. See Exod 23:33.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Be very careful never to make a treaty with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you do, you will follow their evil ways and be trapped.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Be careful for yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, lest it be a snare among you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: