Deuteronomy 20:18 References
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so that they may not teach you to do aaccording to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would bsin against the Lord your God.
a Exodus 34:12-16, Deuteronomy 7:4, Deuteronomy 9:5, Deuteronomy 12:30, Deuteronomy 12:31
Exodus 34
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"aWatch 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.
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"aBut rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their bAsherim
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--for ayou shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God--
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otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and asacrifice to their gods, and someone bmight invite you to eat of his sacrifice,
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and ayou 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.
Deuteronomy 7
4
"For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you and aHe will quickly destroy you.
Deuteronomy 9
5
"It is anot for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm bthe oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 12
30
beware that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?'