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and they intermarried with them. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. And the Israelites served their gods.
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The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.
Judges 3:6 In-Context
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They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.
5
The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
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They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
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The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
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The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.