Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

不可和他们并他们的神立约。

不可跟他们和他们的神明立约。

不可跟他们和他们的神明立约。

不可跟这些民族及其神明立约，

不可与他们和他们的神立约。

不可和他們並他們的神立約。

不可跟他們和他們的神明立約。

不可跟他們和他們的神明立約。

不可跟這些民族及其神明立約，

不可與他們和他們的神立約。

不可跟他們和他們的神立約。

毋與其人其神立約、

毋與其人立約、毋事其上帝。

毋與斯民及其神立約、

Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.

You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.

“ Make no treaties with them or their gods.

You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.

You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

“ You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.

You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Be careful. Do not make a peace treaty with those who live in the land where you are going. They will be a trap to you.

The Lord your God will hand them over to you. You will win the battle over them. You must completely destroy them. Don’t make a peace treaty with them. Don’t show them any mercy.

“ Be careful not to make a peace treaty with the people living in the land. They commit sin by offering sacrifices to their gods. They will invite you to eat their sacrifices, and you will do it.

You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Don’t feel sorry for them. Don’t serve their gods. If you do, they will be a trap for you.

Instead, they mixed with those nations and adopted their ways.

How can Christ and Satan agree? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

Israel was staying in Shittim. The men of Israel began to commit sexual sins with the women of Moab.The women invited the men to feasts and sacrifices to honor their gods. The people ate the sacrifices and bowed down in front of the statues of those gods.

The Israelites looked over the supplies those people had brought. But they didn’t ask the Lord what they should do.Joshua made a peace treaty with the people who had come. He agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community gave their word that they agreed with the treaty.So the Israelites made a peace treaty with the people of Gibeon. But three days later they heard that the people of Gibeon lived close to them.So the Israelites started out to go to the cities of those people. On the third day they came to Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim.But they didn’t attack those cities. That’s because the leaders of the community had given their word and made a peace treaty with them. They had given their word in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. The whole community told the leaders they weren’t happy with them.But all the leaders answered,“ We’ve made a peace treaty with them. We’ve given our word in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. So we can’t touch them now.But here is what we’ll do to them. We’ll let them live. Then the Lord won’t be angry with us because we didn’t keep our promise.”They continued,“ Let them live. But make them cut wood and carry water to serve the whole community.” So the leaders kept their promise to them.Joshua sent for the people of Gibeon. He said to them,“ Why did you trick us? You said,‘ We live far away from you.’ But in fact you live close to us.So now you are under a curse. You will always serve us. You will always cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”

For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said,“ It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”The people of Gibeon weren’t a part of Israel. Instead, they were some of the Amorites who were still left alive. The Israelites had promised to spare them. But Saul had tried to put an end to them. That’s because he wanted to make Israel and Judah strong. So now King David sent for the people of Gibeon and spoke to them.