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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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ASV

and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

KJV

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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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947 →
מִבְּנֹתָ֖יוmi.be.no.Tavsome of daughters hisH1323 →
לְבָנֶ֑יךָle.va.Nei.khafor sons yourH1121 →
וְזָנ֣וּve.za.Nuand they will prostitute themselvesH2181 →
בְנֹתָ֗יוve.no.Tavdaughters hisH1323 →
אַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן'e.Lo.hei.Hengods theirH430 →
וְהִזְנוּ֙ve.hiz.Nuand they will make prostitute [themselves]H2181 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בָּנֶ֔יךָba.Nei.khasons yourH1121 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃'e.lo.hei.Hengods theirH430 →

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1 Kings 11:2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?Nehemiah 10:30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.Deuteronomy 7:3–4Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,1 Kings 11:2–4These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.Ezra 9:2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”Judges 3:6And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.Nehemiah 13:25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!Numbers 25:1–2While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,Genesis 26:34When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.Genesis 24:3and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,2 Corinthians 6:14–17Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?Isaiah 2:6For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.Deuteronomy 20:18so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.Psalms 106:39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

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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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