“They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Exodus 23 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.