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Exodus 34:12

10 And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.

11 Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

13 Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
KJV
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:
WEB
Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;
ASV
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:
DARBY
Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come, lest it be a snare in the midst of thee;
BLB
Guard for yourself lest you make a covenant with the dwellers of the land where you are entering, lest it become a snare in your midst.
ÅB
Ta deg i vare så du ikke gjør noen pakt med innbyggerne i det land du kommer til, for at de ikke skal bli til en snare blant dere.
OTB
Pass på at du ikke inngår noen pakt med innbyggerne i landet du går inn i, for at det ikke skal bli en snare blant dere.
B1930
Ta dig i vare så du ikke gjør nogen pakt med innbyggerne i det land du kommer til, forat de ikke skal bli til en snare blandt eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 23:32–33

    You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

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  • Joshua 23:12–13

    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

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  • Deuteronomy 7:2

    and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:16

    You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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  • Judges 2:2–3

    and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

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  • Psalms 106:36

    They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

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  • Judges 8:27

    From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.

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