^31 (A)I will fix your boundary from the ^[a]Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; ^(B)for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will ^(C)drive them out before you. ^32 (D)You shall ^[b]make no covenant with them ^(E)or with their gods. ^33 (F)They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, ^(G)it will surely be a snare to you.”

^12 (A)Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst. ^13 (B)But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their ^[a](C)Asherim ¹⁴ —for ^(D)you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God— ¹⁵ otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and ^(E)sacrifice to their gods, and someone ^(F)might invite you ^[b]to eat of his sacrifice, ¹⁶ and ^(G)you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.

³ Furthermore, ^(A)you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your ^[a]daughters to ^[b]their sons, nor shall you take ^[c]their daughters for your ^[d]sons.