Joshua 23:6–13

^6jBe ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, ^kthat ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; ⁷that ye ^lcome not among these nations, these that remain amongst you; neither ^mmake mention of the name of their gods, nor ⁿcause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them. ⁸But ^ocleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. ^9pFor the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, ^qno man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. ^10rOne man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, ^sas he hath promised you. ^11tTake good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. ¹²Else if ye do in any wise ^sgo back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall ^umake marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: ¹³know for a certainty that ^wthe Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; ^xbut they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.