^12 (A)Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a ^(B)snare in your midst.

^15 (A)lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they ^(B)whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and ^(C)you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice,

^2 (A)and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must ^(B)devote them to complete destruction.^{[a] (C)}You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.