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Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons;
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and do not seek ever to have peace with them, in order that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.'
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And all that has happened to us has come about because of our evil deeds and our great sins. For thou, O Lord, didst lift the burden of our sins
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and give us such a root as this; but we turned back again to transgress thy law by mixing with the uncleanness of the peoples of the land.
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Wast thou not angry enough with us to destroy us without leaving a root or seed or name?
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.