¹¹Obey what I command^o you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.^p ¹²Be careful not to make a treaty^q with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare^r among you. ¹³Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.^a^s ¹⁴Do not worship any other god,^t for the Lord, whose name^u is Jealous, is a jealous God.^v

¹⁵“Be careful not to make a treaty^w with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute^x themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.^y ¹⁶And when you choose some of their daughters as wives^z for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,^a they will lead your sons to do the same.

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Footnotes

aThat is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

Cross references

o Dt 6:25; Jos 11:15
pSee Ex 23:28
q Jdg 2:2
rSee Ex 10:7
sSee Ex 23:24; Nu 33:52; Dt 7:5; 12:3; Jdg 6:26; 1 Ki 15:13; 2 Ch 15:16; 17:6; 34:3–4; Mic 5:14
tSee Ex 20:3
u Isa 9:6
vSee Ex 20:5
wver 12; Dt 23:6; Ezr 9:12
x Ex 22:20; 32:8; Dt 31:16; Jdg 2:17; 2 Ki 17:8; 1 Ch 5:25; 2 Ch 11:15; Am 2:4
ySee Ex 32:6; 1 Co 8:4
z Dt 7:3; 17:17; Jos 23:12; Jdg 3:6; 14:3; 1 Ki 11:1, 2; 16:31; Ezr 9:2; 10:3; Ne 10:30; 13:25, 26
a Dt 7:4; 12:31; 20:18; 1 Ki 11:4; 2 Ki 21:3–15; Ps 106:34–41; Mal 2:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 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. You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 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. Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles. Because the Lord is jealous for his reputation, you are never to bow down to another god. He is a jealous God.

“Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

NLTNew Living Translation

But listen carefully to everything I command you today. Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

“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. Instead, you must break down their pagan altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles. You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.

“You must not make a treaty of any kind with the people living in the land. They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them. They will invite you to join them in their sacrificial meals, and you will go with them. Then you will accept their daughters, who sacrifice to other gods, as wives for your sons. And they will seduce your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Keep for yourself what I myself have commanded you today. Look, I am about to drive from before you the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 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. Rather, you will tear down their altars, and you will break their stone pillars, and you will cut off their Asherah poles. For you will not bow in worship to another god, for ‘Yahweh Is Jealous’ is his name, he is a jealous God, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they prostitute themselves after their gods, and they sacrifice to their gods, and they invite you, and you eat their sacrifice, and you take from their daughters for your sons, and their daughters prostitute themselves after their gods, and they cause your sons to prostitute themselves after their gods.

KJV 1900King James Version

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 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: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

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