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11 “Keep for yourself what I myself have commanded you today. Look, I am about to drive from before you the Amorites and the Canaanites[a] and the Hittites[b] and the Perizzites[c] and the Hivites[d] and the Jebusites.[e] 12 Be careful for yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, lest it be a snare among you. 13 Rather, you will tear down their altars, and you will break their stone pillars, and you will cut off their Asherah poles.

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  1. Exodus 34:11 Hebrew “Canaanite”
  2. Exodus 34:11 Hebrew “Hittite”
  3. Exodus 34:11 Hebrew “Perizzite”
  4. Exodus 34:11 Hebrew “Hivite”
  5. Exodus 34:11 Hebrew “Jebusite”

11 Obey what I command(A) you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.(B) 12 Be careful not to make a treaty(C) with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare(D) among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](E)

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  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah