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Joshua 23:7

So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

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ASV

that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them;

KJV

That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְבִלְתִּי־le.vil.ti-to notH1115 →
בוֹא֙Vo'to goH935 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֣םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥יםha.nish.'a.Rimwhich remainH7604 →
הָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
אִתְּכֶ֑ם'i.te.Khemwith youH854 →
וּבְשֵׁ֨םu.ve.Shemand <in> [the] name ofH8034 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֤ם'e.lo.hei.Hemgods theirH430 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תַזְכִּ֙ירוּ֙taz.Ki.ruyou must bring to remembranceH2142 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תַשְׁבִּ֔יעוּtash.Bi.'uyou must cause to swearH7650 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תַעַבְד֔וּםta.'av.Dumyou must serve themH5647 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.Vuyou must bow downH7812 →
לָהֶֽם׃la.Hemto <the> them

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Exodus 23:13Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.Psalms 16:4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.Jeremiah 5:7“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.Deuteronomy 7:2–3and 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.Jeremiah 12:16And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.Joshua 23:12For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,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.”Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”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?Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,Numbers 33:52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.2 Kings 17:35For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.Hosea 2:17For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.Numbers 32:38as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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