“ Make no treaties with them or 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.

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

You shall make no covenant with them and 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 very careful never to make a treaty with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you do, you will follow their evil ways and be trapped.

When the Lord your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.

“ You must not make a treaty of any kind with the people living in the land. They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them. They will invite you to join them in their sacrificial meals, and you will go with them.

“ You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.

Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.

What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?

While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, so the Israelites feasted with them and worshiped the gods of Moab.

So the Israelites examined their food, but they did not consult the Lord.Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.Three days after making the treaty, they learned that these people actually lived nearby!The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath jearim.But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for the Israelite leaders had made a vow to them in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. The people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of the treaty.But the leaders replied,“ Since we have sworn an oath in the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.Let them live.” So they made them woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community, as the Israelite leaders directed.Joshua called together the Gibeonites and said,“ Why did you lie to us? Why did you say that you live in a distant land when you live right here among us?May you be cursed! From now on you will always be servants who cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”

There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said,“ The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.