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11 [a]Be sure to keep what I am commanding you this day: behold, (A)I am going to drive out the Amorite before you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 (B)Beware lest you cut a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst. 13 (C)But rather, you are to tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars and cut down their [b](D)Asherim

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  1. Exodus 34:11 Lit Keep for yourself
  2. Exodus 34:13 Wooden symbols of a female deity

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