If you don’t destroy them, they’ll teach you to do all the things the Lord hates. He hates the way they worship their gods. If you do those things, you will sin against the Lord your God.

免得他们教导你们学习一切可憎恶的事，就是他们向自己神所行的，以致你们得罪耶和华你们的神。

免得他们教导你们去行一切可憎恶的事，就是他们向自己神明所行的，使你们得罪耶和华—你们的上帝。

免得他们教导你们去行一切可憎恶的事，就是他们向自己神明所行的，使你们得罪耶和华—你们的神。

免得他们将祭拜自己神明的可憎习俗传给你们，以致你们得罪你们的上帝耶和华。

免得他们教导你们学习一切可憎的事，就是他们对自己的神所行的事，以致你们得罪耶和华你们的神。

免得他們教導你們學習一切可憎惡的事，就是他們向自己神所行的，以致你們得罪耶和華－你們的神。

免得他們教導你們去行一切可憎惡的事，就是他們向自己神明所行的，使你們得罪耶和華－你們的上帝。

免得他們教導你們去行一切可憎惡的事，就是他們向自己神明所行的，使你們得罪耶和華－你們的神。

免得他們將祭拜自己神明的可憎習俗傳給你們，以致你們得罪你們的上帝耶和華。

免得他們教導你們學習一切可憎的事，就是他們對自己的神所行的事，以致你們得罪耶和華你們的神。

免得他們教導你們去習行一切可厭惡的事，就是他們向自己的神所行的，以致你們犯罪得罪了永恆主你的上帝。

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彼奉其上帝、行諸可惡之事、爾若則效之、即干犯爾之上帝耶和華。

免彼誘爾效其所為可惡之事、即拜其神所為之事、致爾獲罪於主爾之天主、○

Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the Lord your God.

that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you sin against the Lord your God.

This will prevent the people of the land from teaching you to imitate their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the Lord your God.

so that they won’t teach you to do all the detestable acts they do for their gods, and you sin against the LORD your God.

so that they will not teach you to do all the same detestable practices of theirs which they have done for their gods, by which you would sin against the Lord your God.

lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God.

that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.

so that they won’t teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God.

That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

They will be destroyed to make room for you. But when they are destroyed, be careful. Don’t be trapped. Don’t ask questions about their gods. Don’t say,“ How do these nations serve their gods? We’ll do it in the same way.”You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship their gods. When they worship, they do all kinds of evil things the Lord hates. They even burn up their children in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

Do not let them live in your land. If you do, they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, that will certainly be a trap for you.”

So,“ Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and‘ clean.’ Then I will receive you.”( Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34, 41)

If you do, those people will turn your children away from serving the Lord. Then your children will serve other gods. The Lord will be very angry with you. He will quickly destroy you.So here is what you must do to those people. Break down their altars. Smash their sacred stones. Cut down the poles they use to worship the female god named Asherah. Burn the statues of their gods in the fire.

You will choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons. And those daughters will commit sin by worshiping their gods. Then they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Don’t let anyone fool you.“ Bad companions make a good person bad.”

Keep an eye on anyone who doesn’t obey the teachings in our letter. Don’t have anything to do with that person. Then they will feel ashamed.

They didn’t destroy the nations in Canaan as the Lord had commanded them.Instead, they mixed with those nations and adopted their ways.They worshiped statues of their gods. That became a trap for them.They sacrificed their sons and daughters as offerings to false gods.They killed those who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong. They killed their own sons and daughters. They sacrificed them as offerings to statues of the gods of Canaan. The land became“ unclean” because of the blood of their children.The people made themselves impure by what they had done. They weren’t faithful to the Lord.So the Lord became angry with his people. He turned away from his own children.

Have nothing to do with the acts of darkness. They don’t produce anything good. Show what they are really like.

Then you can be sure of what the Lord your God will do. He won’t drive out those nations to make room for you anymore. Instead, they will become traps and snares for you. They will be like whips on your backs. They will be like thorns in your eyes. All that will continue until you are destroyed. It will continue until you are removed from this good land. It’s the land the Lord your God has given you.

Their teaching will spread like a deadly sickness. Hymenaeus and Philetus are two of those teachers.They have turned away from the truth. They say that the time when people will rise from the dead has already come. They destroy the faith of some people.

I have said something else. I said,‘ I will not drive out those people to make room for you. They and their gods will become traps for you.’ ”

It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.

The prophet will speak in my name. But someone might not listen to what I say through the prophet. I will hold that person responsible for not listening.

All the nations have drunk the strong wine of her terrible sins. The kings of the earth took part in her evil ways. The traders of the world grew rich from her great wealth.”Then I heard another voice from heaven. It said,“‘ Come out of her, my people.’( Jeremiah 51:45) Then you will not take part in her sins. You will not suffer from any of her plagues.Her sins are piled up to heaven. God has remembered her crimes.