18 lest (A)they teach you to do according to all their [a]abominations which they have done for their gods, and you (B)sin against the Lord your God.

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  1. Deuteronomy 20:18 detestable things

30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ 31 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every [a]abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for (B)they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:31 detestable action

33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, (A)it will surely be a snare to you.”

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11 And have (A)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [a]expose them.

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  1. Ephesians 5:11 reprove

14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this [a]epistle, note that person and (A)do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:14 letter

17 Therefore

(A)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”

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33 Do not be deceived: (A)“Evil company corrupts good habits.”

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34 (A)They did not destroy the peoples,
(B)Concerning whom the Lord had commanded them,
35 (C)But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
36 (D)They served their idols,
(E)Which became a snare to them.
37 (F)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to (G)demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (H)the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they [a]were (I)defiled by their own works,
And (J)played[b] the harlot by their own deeds.

40 Therefore (K)the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred (L)His own inheritance.

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  1. Psalm 106:39 became unclean
  2. Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful

13 know for certain that (A)the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. (B)But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

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For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; (A)so the anger of the Lord will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly. But thus you shall deal with them: you shall (B)destroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their [a]wooden images, and burn their carved images with fire.

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:5 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

16 and you take of (A)his daughters for your sons, and his daughters (B)play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.

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17 And their message will spread like cancer. (A)Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, 18 who have strayed concerning the truth, (B)saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.

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[a]useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. [b]From (A)such withdraw yourself.

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU, M constant friction
  2. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU omits the rest of v. 5.

Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be (A)thorns[a] in your side, and (B)their gods shall [b]be a (C)snare to you.’ ”

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  1. Judges 2:3 LXX, Tg., Vg. enemies to you
  2. Judges 2:3 entrap you

19 (A)And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.

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For all the nations (A)have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, (B)and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the [a]abundance of her luxury.”

And I heard another voice from heaven saying, (C)“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. (D)For her sins [b]have reached to heaven, and (E)God has remembered her iniquities.

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  1. Revelation 18:3 Lit. strengths
  2. Revelation 18:5 NU, M have been heaped up

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