¹⁵ “Be careful not to make a treaty^(A) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute^(B) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.^{(C) 16} And when you choose some of their daughters as wives^(D) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,^(E) they will lead your sons to do the same.

³ Do not intermarry with them.^(A) Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

¹² “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them^(A) and associate with them,^{(B) 13} then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out^(C) these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares^(D) and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes,^(E) until you perish from this good land,^(F) which the Lord your God has given you.