Exodus 34:16
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Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son, lest after they themselves have committed fornication, they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods.

Deuteronomy 7:3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them. Thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, nor take his daughter for thy son:

Joshua 23:12
But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships:

Joshua 23:13
Know ye for a certainty that the Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way, and a stumbling-block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land, which he hath given you.

Judges 3:6
And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.

Judges 14:3
And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.

1 Kings 11:1
And king Solomon loved many strange women, besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites:

Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, and take not their daughters for your sons, and seek not their peace, nor their prosperity for ever: that you may be strengthened, and may eat the good things of the land, and may have your children your heirs for ever.

Nehemiah 10:30
And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.

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Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son, lest after they themselves have committed fornication, they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods.

Numbers 25:1,2 And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab, . . .

Deuteronomy 7:3,4 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them. Thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, nor take his daughter for thy son: . . .

1 Kings 11:2-4 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come into yours: for they will most certainly turn away your hearts to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love. . . .

Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression.

Nehemiah 13:23,25 In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? . . .

Context
The LORD Renews the Covenant
15Make no covenant with the men of those countries; lest, when they have committed fornication with their gods, and have adored their idols, some one call thee to eat of the things sacrificed. 16Neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son, lest after they themselves have committed fornication, they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods.17Thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods.…
Lexicon
and when you take
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

some of their daughters
מִבְּנֹתָ֖יו (mib·bə·nō·ṯāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

as brides for your sons,
לְבָנֶ֑יךָ (lə·ḇā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

their daughters
בְנֹתָ֗יו (ḇə·nō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

will prostitute themselves
וְזָנ֣וּ (wə·zā·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

to
אַחֲרֵי֙ (’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

their gods
אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן (’ĕ·lō·hê·hen)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and cause your sons
בָּנֶ֔יךָ (bā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

[to do the same].
וְהִזְנוּ֙ (wə·hiz·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry


Additional Translations
and when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.And you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make your sons go a whoring after their gods.

and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

and thou shouldest take of their daughters to thy sons, and thou shouldest give of thy daughters to their sons; and thy daughters should go a whoring after their gods, and thy sons should go a whoring after their gods.

and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

And thou take of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make thy sons go astray after their gods.

and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;
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