12. Give not your daughters. This prohibition is worded after Deut. 7:3. The addition, “nor seek their peace,” etc., is taken almost verbally from Deut. 23:6, in reference to the Ammonites and Moabites. “That ye may be strong” recalls Deut. 11:8, and the promise, “eat the good of the land,” suggests Isa. 1:19. The words “and leave it for an inheritance” embody the idea found in several Biblical passages (Deut. 11:9; Prov. 10:27; Eze. 37:25).