Exodus 23:23–33

23 “aFor My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them.

24 “aYou shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; bbut you shall utterly overthrow them and break their csacred pillars in pieces.

25 “aBut you shall serve the Lord your God, 1and He will bless your bread and your water; and bI will remove sickness from your midst.

26 “There shall be no one miscarrying or abarren in your land; bI will fulfill the number of your days.

27 “I will asend My terror ahead of you, and bthrow into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will cmake all your enemies turn their backs to you.

28 “I will send ahornets ahead of you so that they will bdrive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you.

29 “aI will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

30 “I will drive them out before you alittle by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land.

31 “aI will fix your boundary from the 1Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; bfor I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will cdrive them out before you.

32 “aYou shall 1make no covenant with them bor with their gods.

33 “aThey shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, bit will surely be a snare to you.”