¹⁶ Also you shall ^[a]destroy all the peoples whom the Lord your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will ^(A)be a snare to you.

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.”

²⁷ Then Gideon ^(A)made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, ^(B)Ophrah. And all Israel ^(C)played the harlot with it there. It became ^(D)a snare to Gideon and to his house.

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

¹² then you shall cut off her hand; ^(A)your eye shall not pity her.

^21 (A)Your eye shall not pity: ^(B)life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

^13 (A)Your eye shall not pity him, ^(B)but you shall ^[a]put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

⁸ you shall ^(A)not ^[a]consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him;

² and when the Lord your God delivers ^(A)them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. ^(B)You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.