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Judges 3:6

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4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.

5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7 So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

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BSB
And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
KJV
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
WEB
They took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
ASV
and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
DARBY
and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
BLB
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
ÅB
tok de deres døtre til hustruer og gav sine døtre til deres sønner og dyrket deres guder.
OTB
De giftet seg med dem, tok deres døtre til koner og ga sine egne døtre til deres sønner, og de tjente deres guder.
B1930
tok de deres døtre til hustruer og gav sine døtre til deres sønner og dyrket deres guder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 34:16

    And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:3–4

    Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

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  • 1 Kings 11:1–5

    King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

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  • Ezra 9:11–12

    that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.

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  • Nehemiah 13:23–27

    In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

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  • Ezekiel 16:3

    and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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