Exodus 34:10-16

10Then the Lord said, ‘I will make a covenant with the Israelites. I will do great miracles for them to see. Nobody in any nation anywhere in the world has ever done such great things. All the people who live near you will see the great things that I, the Lord, will do. The powerful things that I do among you will make them very afraid.

11Obey the commands that I am giving you today. Then I will chase out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as you move into the land.

12Do not make any agreements with those people in the land where you are going. If you become their friends, they would teach you to do wrong things.

13Instead, you must knock down their altars. Destroy the special stones that are their idols. Cut down their Asherah poles.

14Do not worship any other god instead of me. I am the Lord and I want you to belong to me alone.

15Be careful not to make an agreement with the people who live in that land. They have turned away to worship their own gods. They offer sacrifices to their gods. When they do that, they may ask you to join with them. Then you will eat the food that they have offered to their gods.

16Perhaps you may choose some of their daughters for your sons to marry. Their daughters will continue to worship their gods. Then they will teach your sons to turn away from me and worship their gods.