but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

反与他们混杂相合，学习他们的行为，

反倒与列国相交，学习他们的行为，

反倒与列国相交，学习他们的行为，

反倒与他们混居，仿效他们的习俗，

反而和外族人混居杂处，学习他们的风俗习惯。

反而与列国混合，学习他们的行为，

反與他們混雜相合，學習他們的行為，

反倒與列國相交，學習他們的行為，

反倒與列國相交，學習他們的行為，

反倒與他們混居，仿效他們的習俗，

反而和外族人混居雜處，學習他們的風俗習慣。

反而和外國人混雜嫁娶，學習他們的行為，

反而與列國混合，學習他們的行為，

乃與諸族雜處、習其行為兮、

乃偕異邦人、爰居爰處、染其污俗兮、

與異邦人雜處、遂效其習俗、

非惟不從。且與雜居。習其異端。同流合汚。

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

but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.

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

but mingled with the nations and adopted their ways.

But they got involved with the nations And learned their practices,

But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,

but mingled with the nations and adopted their ways.

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways.

but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.

The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?And I have also said,‘ I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.’”

You, Lord, have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and embrace pagan customs.

Do not be misled:“ Bad company corrupts good character.”

Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.

But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor.Nor did Asher drive out those living in Akko or Sidon or Ahlab or Akzib or Helbah or Aphek or Rehob.The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out.Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath; but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them.The Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor.The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass to Sela and beyond.