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OET (OET-LV) If/because if ever_(turn_back) you_all_will_turn_back and_join in/on/at/with_survivors the_nations the_these the_remaining the_these among_you_all and_intermarry (is)_in_them and_associate (is)_in_them and_they in/on/at/with_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) Yes, if you all ever turn away from him and instead cling to those remaining kingdoms or remaining people, and if you intermarry with them or associate with them,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
אִם־ שׁ֣וֹב תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ
if to_turn turn_back
Joshua is repeating the verb turn in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “if you definitely turn”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וּדְבַקְתֶּם֙ בְּיֶ֨תֶר֙ הַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָאֵ֔לֶּה
and,join in/on/at/with,survivors the=nations the=these
Joshua is speaking as if the Israelites could physically cling to these nations. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and become loyal to the remnant of these nations”
23:12 Joshua warned God’s people not to intermarry with their polytheistic neighbors because such an intimate relationship would lead the Israelites astray (Deut 7:3-4). However, Canaanites who desired to worship the Lord and join God’s people were welcomed (Josh 6:25; Ruth 4:10). Race, language, and ethnicity had no bearing on God’s prohibition of intermarriage; it was a matter of faithfulness to the Lord (cp. 2 Cor 6:14-15).
OET (OET-LV) If/because if ever_(turn_back) you_all_will_turn_back and_join in/on/at/with_survivors the_nations the_these the_remaining the_these among_you_all and_intermarry (is)_in_them and_associate (is)_in_them and_they in/on/at/with_you_all.
OET (OET-RV) Yes, if you all ever turn away from him and instead cling to those remaining kingdoms or remaining people, and if you intermarry with them or associate with them,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.