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Exodus 34:12

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Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

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Exodus 34:12 in other translations

Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;

Exodus 34:12 · World English Bible

Exodus 34:12 in context

  1. 10And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.
  2. 11Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
  3. 12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
  4. 13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;
  5. 14(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);