¹⁶ You shall devour all the peoples that the Lord your God is giving over to you, showing them no pity; you shall not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.^(A)

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

²⁷ Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his town, in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.^(A)

³³ Do not be deceived:

¹² you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

²¹ Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.^(A)

¹³ Show no pity; you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.^(A)

⁸ you must not yield to or heed any such persons. Show them no pity or compassion, and do not shield them.

² and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must utterly destroy them. Make no covenant with them and show them no mercy.^(A)