| 12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Joshua 23:12:1 ⧉כִּ֣יkiFor if Joshua 23:12:2 ⧉אִם־שׁ֣וֹבimshovyou turn back Joshua 23:12:3 ⧉תָּשׁ֗וּבוּtashuvooyou return Joshua 23:12:4 ⧉וּדְבַקְתֶּם֙udevaktemand cling Joshua 23:12:5 ⧉בְּיֶ֙תֶר֙beyeterto the remnant Joshua 23:12:6 ⧉הַגּוֹיִ֣םhagoyimof the nations Joshua 23:12:7 ⧉הָאֵ֔לֶּהhaelethese Joshua 23:12:8 ⧉הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֥יםhanisharimremaining Joshua 23:12:9 ⧉הָאֵ֖לֶּהhaelethese Joshua 23:12:10 ⧉אִתְּכֶ֑םitkhemamong you Joshua 23:12:11 ⧉וְהִֽתְחַתַּנְתֶּ֥םvehitkhatantemand make marriages Joshua 23:12:12 ⧉בָּהֶ֛םbahemwith them Joshua 23:12:13 ⧉וּבָאתֶ֥םuvatemand associate Joshua 23:12:14 ⧉בָּהֶ֖םbahemwith them Joshua 23:12:15 ⧉וְהֵ֥םvehemand they Joshua 23:12:16 ⧉בָּכֶֽם׃bakhemwith you |
| 12. Formal Translation For if you again turn back and cling to the remainder of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, and they with you. |
| 12. Dynamic Translation But if you turn away and make close ties with the rest of these nations that remain among you—if you marry them and mix in with them, and they with you. |