Exodus 23:24–33

²⁴Do not bow down to their gods or worship them, and do not adopt their religious practices. Destroy their gods and break down their sacred stone pillars. ²⁵If you worship me, the Lord your God, I will bless you with food and water and take away all your illnesses. ²⁶In your land no woman will have a miscarriage or be without children. I will give you long lives.

²⁷“I will make the people who oppose you afraid of me; I will bring confusion among the people against whom you fight, and I will make all your enemies turn and run from you. ²⁸I will throw your enemies into a panic;^x I will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites as you advance. ²⁹I will not drive them out within one year; if I did, the land would become deserted, and the wild animals would be too many for you. ³⁰Instead, I will drive them out little by little, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land. ³¹I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out as you advance. ³²Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods. ³³Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you.”