23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you 1 to this very day. 23:10 One of you makes a thousand run away, 2 for the Lord your God fights for you 3 as he promised you he would. 4 23:11 Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God! 5 23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with 6 these nations that remain near you, 7 and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, 8 23:13 know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; 9 they will be a whip that tears 10 your sides and thorns that blind 11 your eyes until you disappear 12 from this good land the Lord your God gave you.
1 tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”
2 tn Or “chases a thousand.”
3 tn Heb “for the
4 tn Heb “as he said to you.”
3 tn Heb “Watch carefully yourselves so as to love the
4 tn Heb “and hug.”
5 tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”
6 tn Heb “and go into them, and they into you.”
5 tn Heb “be a trap and a snare to you.”
6 tn Heb “in.”
7 tn Heb “thorns in your eyes.”
8 tn Or “perish.”