New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 7:2-5

2and when the LordH3068 your GodH430 turnsH5414 them overH5414 to you and you 1defeatH5221 them, 2you shall 3utterlyH2763 destroyH2763 them. 4You shall not makeH3772 a covenantH1285 with them 5norH3808 beH2603 graciousH2603 to them.

3Furthermore, 6you shall not intermarryH2859 with them: you shall not giveH5414 your 7daughtersH1323 to 8their sonsH1121, norH3808 shall you takeH3947 9their daughtersH1323 for your 10sonsH1121.

4For 11they will turnH5493 your 12sonsH1121 awayH5493 from 13followingH310 Me, and they will serveH5647 otherH312 godsH430; then the angerH639 of the LordH3068 will be kindledH2734 against you and 14He will quicklyH4118 destroyH8045 you.

5But thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 you shall doH6213 to them: 15you shall tearH5422 downH5422 their altarsH4196, smashH7665 their memorialH4676 stonesH4676, cutH1438 their 16AsherimH842 toH1438 piecesH1438, and burnH8313 their carvedH6456 imagesH6456 in the fireH784.

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 7:2 Lit strike ↩
2. Deuteronomy 7:2 Num 31:17; Josh 11:11 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 7:2 Or certainly devote to the ban ↩
4. Deuteronomy 7:2 Ex 23:32 ↩
5. Deuteronomy 7:2 Deut 7:16; 13:8 ↩
6. Deuteronomy 7:3 Ex 34:15, 16; Josh 23:12; Ezra 9:2 ↩
7. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit daughter ↩
8. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit his son ↩
9. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit his daughter ↩
10. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit son ↩
11. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit he ↩
12. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit son ↩
13. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit after ↩
14. Deuteronomy 7:4 Deut 4:26 ↩
15. Deuteronomy 7:5 Ex 23:24; 34:13; Deut 12:3 ↩
16. Deuteronomy 7:5 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah) ↩

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