¹⁶ and you take of ^(A)his daughters for your sons, and his daughters ^(B)play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.

^3 (A)Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

⁴ For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; ^(A)so the anger of the Lord will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly.

² For they have ^(A)taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the ^(B)holy seed is ^(C)mixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this ^[a]trespass.”

³⁰ We would not give ^(A)our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;