12 (A)Be careful that you do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst. 13 (B)But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones, and cut down their [a](C)Asherim 14 —for (D)you shall not worship any other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God—

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:13 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

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