Exodus 34:12

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:

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WEBBE

Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare amongst you;

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:

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:

BBE

But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.

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הִשָּׁמֶר hi·sha·mer take heed H8104 לְךָ le·kha to (the) yourself H9031 פֶּן־ pen- lest H6435 תִּכְרֹת tikh·rot you should make H3772 בְּרִית be·rit a covenant H1285 לְיוֹשֵׁב le·yo·shev to [the] inhabitant[s] of H3427 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 בָּא ba' [are] about to go H935 עָלֶיהָ 'a·lei·ha to it H5921 פֶּן־ pen- lest H6435 יִהְיֶה yih·yeh he should become H1961 לְמוֹקֵשׁ le·mo·kesh (into) a snare H4170 בְּקִרְבֶּךָ be·kir·be·cha in midst your H7130

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–17

The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however curious or costly; to refuse all alliance, friendship, or marriage with idolaters, and all idolatrous feasts; and they were reminded not with idolaters, and all idolatrous feats; and they were reminded not to repeat the crime of making molten images. Jealously is called the rage of a man, Pr 6:34; but in God it is holy and just displeasure. Those cannot worship God aright, who do not worship him only.

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Exodus 34:15Deuteronomy 7:2

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FellowshipTemptationCompanyWatchfulnessAlliancesMiscegenationTreaty

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.