Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. {prosperity: Heb. good}

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, {even} these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

A good {man} leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner {is} laid up for the just.

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and {one} call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into {your} house, neither bid him God speed:

The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Now these {are} the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do {them} in the land whither ye go to possess it: {go: Heb. pass over}

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of {those} lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. {unto this...: or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land, etc}

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore {is} wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

A good {man} leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner {is} laid up for the just.

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. {prosperity: Heb. good}

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they {were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave {it} for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

Of the nations {concerning} which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: {for} surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt {is} yours. {regard...: Heb. let not your eye spare, etc.}

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. {loved: or, ought to love}