World English Bible
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 in the midst of you:”
Verse in context — Exodus 34
He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
Observe that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:
but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
About Exodus
God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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