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You must not marry any of these people. Do not let your daughters marry their sons. Do not take their daughters to marry your sons. If that happens, your children may turn away from the Lord. They will start to worship other gods. Then the Lord will be very angry with you. He will immediately destroy you.

This is what you must do to the people of those nations: Break their altars and their stone pillars into pieces. Cut down their Asherah poles. Burn their idols with fire.[a]

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  1. 7:5 The altars, pillars and poles were all places where the other nations worshipped their false gods.