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Joshua 23:7

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23:7or associate with these nations that remain near12 you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods!13 You must not worship14 or bow down to them!

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  1. 12 Heb “with.”
  2. 13 Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.
  3. 14 Or “serve.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them; do not serve them or bow in worship to them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

so as not to go among these remaining nations with you; do not profess the name of their gods, and do not swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: