¹⁵ “Be careful not to make a treaty^(A) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute^(B) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.^{(C) 16} And when you choose some of their daughters as wives^(D) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,^(E) they will lead your sons to do the same.

¹⁶ “The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith^(A) with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion^(B) against him now?