Yosua 23:7

23:7 or associate with these nations that remain near ¹  you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! ²  You must not worship ³  or bow down to them!

Yosua 23:12

23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with ⁴  these nations that remain near you, ⁵  and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, ⁶ 

[23:7]  ¹ tn Heb “with.”

[23:7]  ² tn Heb “and in the name of their gods you must not invoke and you must not make solemn declarations.” The words “and you must not make solemn declarations” are omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition to elucidate the immediately preceding command. The Hiphil of שָׁבַע (shava’) without an object occurs only here and in Josh 6:26.

[23:7]  ³ tn Or “serve.”

[23:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and hug.”

[23:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

[23:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”