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Deuteronomy 17:17
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Deuteronomy 17:17
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17 (A) And the king must not have a lot of wives—they might tempt him to be unfaithful to the Lord.[a] Finally, the king must not try to get huge amounts of silver and gold.
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- 17.17 a lot of wives … unfaithful to the Lord: A king would often marry the daughter of another king that he was making a treaty with. These foreign women would naturally want to worship their own gods, and would want their husband the king to do so as well.
Exodus 34:16
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Exodus 34:16
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16 Your men will even marry their women and be influenced to worship their gods.
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Deuteronomy 7:3
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Deuteronomy 7:3
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3 and don't let your sons and daughters marry any of them.
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Deuteronomy 7:4
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Deuteronomy 7:4
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4 If you do, those people will lead your descendants to worship other gods and to turn their backs on the Lord. That will make him very angry, and he will quickly destroy Israel.
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