12 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.(A) 13 Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.(B) 14 You are never to bow down to another god because Yahweh, being jealous(C) by nature,(a) is a jealous God.

Footnotes:

a. Exodus 34:14: Lit Yahweh—His name is Jealous, or Yahweh is jealous for His name, He

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