Cross References Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin: Exodus 23:32 Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods. Exodus 23:33 Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps they make thee sin against me, if thou serve their gods; which, undoubtedly, will be a scandal to thee. Deuteronomy 20:18 Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God. Joshua 23:13 Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you. Judges 2:2 On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear my voice: why have you done this? 1 Kings 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come into yours: for they will most certainly turn away your hearts to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love. 2 Kings 17:10 And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree: 2 Chronicles 24:18 And they forsook the temple of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves and idols, and wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for this sin. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin: take heed Exodus 23:32,33 Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods. . . . Deuteronomy 7:2 And the Lord thy God shall have delivered them to thee, thou shalt utterly destroy them. Thou shalt make no league with them, nor shew mercy to them: Judges 2:2 On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear my voice: why have you done this? lest Deuteronomy 7:16 Thou shalt consume all the people, which the Lord thy God will deliver to thee. Thy eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, lest they be thy ruin. Joshua 23:12,13 But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships: . . . Judges 2:3 Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face; that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin. Judges 8:27 And Gedeon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city Ephra. And all Israel committed fornication with it, and it became a ruin to Gedeon, and to all his house. Psalm 106:36 And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them. Context The LORD Renews the Covenant…11Observe all things which this day I command thee: I myself will drive out before thy face the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite. 12Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin:13But destroy their altars, break their statues and cut down their groves:… Lexicon Be carefulהִשָּׁ֣מֶר (hiš·šā·mer) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to not פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest to make תִּכְרֹ֤ת (tiḵ·rōṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a treaty בְּרִית֙ (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1285: A covenant with the inhabitants לְיוֹשֵׁ֣ב (lə·yō·wō·šêḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land you אַתָּ֖ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are entering, בָּ֣א (bā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go lest פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest they become יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a snare לְמוֹקֵ֖שׁ (lə·mō·w·qêš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4170: A bait or lure, a snare in your midst. בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ׃ (bə·qir·be·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7130: The nearest part, the center Additional Translations Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the middle of you: 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: take heed to thyself, lest at any time thou make a covenant with the dwellers on the land, into which thou art entering, lest it be to thee a stumbling-block among you. Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come, lest it be a snare in the midst of thee; 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: 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: Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you: take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst; Jump to Previous Agreement Care Careful Cause Covenant Goest Heed Inhabitant Inhabitants Midst Sin Snare Thyself Treaty Watch WhitherJump to Next Agreement Care Careful Cause Covenant Goest Heed Inhabitant Inhabitants Midst Sin Snare Thyself Treaty Watch WhitherExternal Links Exodus 34:12 NIVExodus 34:12 NLT Exodus 34:12 ESV Exodus 34:12 NASB Exodus 34:12 ASV Exodus 34:12 Bible Apps Exodus 34:12 Biblia Paralela Exodus 34:12 Chinese Bible Exodus 34:12 French Bible Exodus 34:12 German Bible Alphabetical: a among are Be become careful covenant going in inhabitants into it land live make midst no not of or snare that the they those to treaty Watch where which who will with you your yourself OT Law: Exodus 34:12 Be careful lest you make a covenant (Exo. 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