Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. Cross References Exodus 23:32 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. Exodus 23:33 They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." Deuteronomy 20:18 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God. Joshua 23:13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. Judges 2:2 and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.' Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done? 1 Kings 11:2 These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods." Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. 2 Kings 17:10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 2 Chronicles 24:18 They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. Treasury of Scripture 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 Exodus 23:32,33 Deuteronomy 7:2 Judges 2:2 lest Deuteronomy 7:16 Joshua 23:12,13 Judges 2:3 |