Bible Cross References
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Exodus 23:33
Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you."
Deuteronomy 7:4
because then they would lead your children away from the LORD to worship other gods. If that happens, the LORD will be angry with you and destroy you at once.
Deuteronomy 7:16
Destroy every nation that the LORD your God places in your power, and do not show them any mercy. Do not worship their gods, for that would be fatal.
Joshua 23:12
If you are disloyal and join with the nations that are still left among you and intermarry with them,
Joshua 23:13
you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive these nations out as you advance. Rather, they will be as dangerous for you as a trap or a pit and as painful as a whip on your back or thorns in your eyes. And this will last until none of you are left in this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
Judges 1:21-36
21
But the people of the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, and the Jebusites have continued to live there with the people of Benjamin ever since.
22
The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to attack the city of Bethel, at that time called Luz. The LORD helped them. They sent spies to the city,
24
who saw a man leaving and said to him, "Show us how to get into the city, and we won't hurt you."
25
So he showed them, and the people of Ephraim and Manasseh killed everyone in the city, except this man and his family.
26
He later went to the land of the Hittites, built a city there, and named it Luz, which is still its name.
27
The tribe of Manasseh did not drive out the people living in the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and the nearby towns; the Canaanites continued to live there.
28
When the Israelites became stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work for them, but still they did not drive them all out.
29
The tribe of Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in the city of Gezer, and so the Canaanites continued to live there with them.
30
The tribe of Zebulun did not drive out the people living in the cities of Kitron and Nahalal, and so the Canaanites continued to live there with them and were forced to work for them.
31
The tribe of Asher did not drive out the people living in the cities of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphek, and Rehob.
32
The people of Asher lived with the local Canaanites, since they had not been driven out.
33
The tribe of Naphtali did not drive out the people living in the cities of Beth Shemesh and Bethanath. The people of Naphtali lived with the local Canaanites, but forced them to work for them.
34
The Amorites forced the people of the tribe of Dan into the hill country and did not let them come down to the plain.
35
The Amorites continued to live at Aijalon, Shaalbim, and Mount Heres, but the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh kept them under their rule and forced them to work for them.
36
North of Sela, the Edomite border ran through Akrabbim Pass.
Judges 2:3
So I tell you now that I will not drive these people out as you advance. They will be your enemies, and you will be trapped by the worship of their gods."
Psalm 106:34-36
34
They did not kill the heathen, as the LORD had commanded them to do,
35
but they intermarried with them and adopted their pagan ways.
36
God's people worshiped idols, and this caused their destruction.
Ezekiel 28:24
The LORD said, "None of the surrounding nations that treated Israel with scorn will ever again be like thorns and briers to hurt Israel. And they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD."