Exo 34:15-16, Deu 7:1-3, 2Cor 6:14-18 | HCSB | STEP | “Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land , or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods , they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices .

‏ Exodus 34:15-16

15 “Do not make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land, or else when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. ^a 16 Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods. ^b

‏ Deuteronomy 7:1-3

1 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land ^c you are entering to possess, ^d and He drives out many nations before you – the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you – 2 and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must ^{▼▼set apart for destruction/ completely destroy: In Canaan or its neighboring countries, this was the destruction during war of a city, its inhabitants, and their possessions, including livestock.}completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. 3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, ^f

‏ 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Separation to God

14 Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? ^g Or what fellowship does light ^h have with darkness? ⁱ 15 What agreement does Christ have with Belial? ^{▼▼Or Beliar, a name for the Devil or antichrist in extra-biblical Jewish writings} Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement does God’s sanctuary have with idols? ^k For we ^{▼▼Other mss read you} are the sanctuary of the living God, as God said:

I will dwell among them ^m
and walk among them,
and I will be their God, ⁿ
and they will be My people. ^{o
,} ^p
17 Therefore, come out from among them
and be separate, says the Lord;
do not touch any unclean thing,
and I will welcome you. ^{q
,} ^r
18 I will be a Father ^s to you,
and you will be sons ^t and daughters to Me,
says the Lord Almighty. ^{u
,} ^v