Deuteronomy 7:3-6

3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
4 for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.
5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[a] and burn their idols in the fire.
6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

Cross References 9

  • 1. Exodus 34:15-16; Joshua 22:16; Daniel 9:7; Ezra 9:2
  • 2. Judges 3:6
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 6:15
  • 4. S Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 16:21
  • 5. S Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 12:2-3
  • 6. Exodus 19:6; S Leviticus 27:30; Exodus 19:5-6; 1 Peter 2:9
  • 7. Deuteronomy 26:19; Psalms 30:4; Psalms 37:28; Psalms 50:5; Psalms 52:9; Jeremiah 2:3
  • 8. Deuteronomy 14:2; 1 Kings 3:8; Isaiah 41:9; Ezekiel 20:5
  • 9. S Genesis 17:7; S Exodus 8:22; S Exodus 34:9; Isaiah 43:1; Romans 9:4; Titus 2:14

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy
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