“And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.”
and they took their daughters as wives for themselves, and gave their own daughters to their sons; and they served their gods. — The intermarriage formula indicates that Israeli-Canaanite marriage alliance supplanted the covenantal prohibition against such unions. The reciprocal element 'gave their own daughters to their sons' indicates that marriage alliance operated bilaterally. The ultimate consequence—'they served their gods'—indicates that intermarriage facilitated religious assimilation.
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