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Exodus 34:12

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

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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:

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:

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.mertake heedH8104 →
לְךָ֗le.Khato <the> yourself
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
תִּכְרֹ֤תtikh.Rotyou should makeH3772 →
בְּרִית֙be.Rita covenantH1285 →
לְיוֹשֵׁ֣בle.yo.Shevto [the] inhabitant[s] ofH3427 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859 →
בָּ֣אba'[are] about to goH935 →
עָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.hato itH5921 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehhe should becomeH1961 →
לְמוֹקֵ֖שׁle.mo.Kesh<into> a snareH4170 →
בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ׃be.kir.Be.chain midst yourH7130 →

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Exodus 23:32You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.Exodus 23:32–33You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.Judges 2:3So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”Joshua 23:12–13For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,Luke 17:3Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.Exodus 23:33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”Deuteronomy 7:2and 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.Deuteronomy 7:16You 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.Judges 2:2–3and 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?Ezra 10:2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.Exodus 34:15Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.Psalms 106:36They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.Joshua 10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.Joshua 9:7But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”Exodus 19:12And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.Judges 8:27From 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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About Exodus

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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