¹⁵ lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and ^(A)sacrifice to their gods, and one of them ^(B)invite you ^[a]to eat of his sacrifice, ¹⁶ and ^(C)you take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.

¹² For if you ever turn back and ^(A)cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you, and ^(B)intermarry with them, so that you go along with them and they with you,

² For ^(A)they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that ^(B)the holy seed has ^(C)intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.”