Exodus 34:12-16

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¹² Take care not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, or it will become a snare among you.^{(A) 13} Rather, you shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and cut down their sacred poles,^{[a](B) 14} for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.^{(C) 15} You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, someone among them will invite you, and you will eat of the sacrifice,^{(D) 16} and you will take wives from among their daughters for your sons, and their daughters who prostitute themselves to their gods will make your sons also prostitute themselves to their gods.^(E)