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Joshua 23:12

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:

KJV

Quod si volueritis gentium harum, quæ inter vos habitant, erroribus adhærere, et cum eis miscere connubia, atque amicitias copulare :

Vulgate

ἐὰν γὰρ ἀποστραφῆτε καὶ προσθῆσθε τοῖς ὑπολειφθεῖσιν ἔθνεσιν τούτοις τοῖς μεθ’ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπιγαμίας ποιήσητε πρὸς αὐτούς, καὶ συνκαταμιγῆτε αὐτοῖς καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑμῖν,

LXX

Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;

ASV

כִּ֣י אִם שׁ֣וֹב תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ וּ/דְבַקְתֶּם֙ בְּ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ הַ/גּוֹיִ֣ם הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה הַ/נִּשְׁאָרִ֥ים הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה אִתְּ/כֶ֑ם וְ/הִֽתְחַתַּנְתֶּ֥ם בָּ/הֶ֛ם וּ/בָאתֶ֥ם בָּ/הֶ֖ם וְ/הֵ֥ם בָּ/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
דָבְקָה
dbqh
verb · 54×
הִשְׁאִֽיר
hsh'yr
verb · 133×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
וֹ
v
verb · 33×
יֶ֣תֶר
ytr
noun · 102×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 11:2 — 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:
  • Deut 7:3 — 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.
  • Deut 7:3 — 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.
  • Exod 34:12 — Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
  • Ezek 18:24 — But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he
  • Ezra 9:12 — Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land,
  • Ezra 10:3 — Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God;
  • Gen 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
  • Josh 13:13 — Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
  • Josh 23:7 — That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
  • Josh 24:20 — If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
  • Mal 2:10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
  • Num 33:55 — But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and
  • Ps 106:34 — They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
  • Zeph 1:6 — And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.