Exodus 34:12-18 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

12. Be careful! Don’t make any agreement with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you make an agreement with them, it will bring you trouble.

13. So destroy their altars, break the stones they worship, and cut down their idols.

14. Don’t worship any other god. I am YAHWEH KANAH—the jealous Lord. That is my name. I hate for my people to worship other gods.

15. “Be careful not to make any agreements with the people who live in that land. If you do this, you might join them when they worship their gods. They will invite you to join them, and you will eat their sacrifices.

16. You might choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons. Those daughters serve false gods. They might lead your sons to do the same thing.

17. “Don’t make idols.

18. “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days, eat the bread made without yeast as I commanded you before. Do this during the month I have chosen, the month of Abib, because that is the month you came out of Egypt.

Exodus 34