¹⁴ Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you;

⁶ Do not follow other gods^(A) to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”

⁷ gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other),

¹⁹ If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods^(A) and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.^(B)

²¹ Dear children,^(A) keep yourselves from idols.^(B)

²⁸ the curse if you disobey^(A) the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods,^(B) which you have not known.

¹⁴ Do not worship any other god,^(A) for the Lord, whose name^(B) is Jealous, is a jealous God.^(C)

¹⁵ “Be careful not to make a treaty^(D) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute^(E) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.^{(F) 16} And when you choose some of their daughters as wives^(G) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,^(H) they will lead your sons to do the same.