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

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Cross references

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

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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,

KJV 1900King James Version

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;

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