Furthermore, (A)you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your [a]daughters to [b]their sons, nor shall you take [c]their daughters for your [d]sons. For [e]they will turn your [f]sons away from [g]following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you and (B)He will quickly destroy you. But thus you shall do to them: (C)you shall tear down their altars, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their [h]Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit daughter
  2. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit his son
  3. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit his daughter
  4. Deuteronomy 7:3 Lit son
  5. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit he
  6. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit son
  7. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit after
  8. Deuteronomy 7:5 I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity