¹²If you listen to these rules and faithfully obey them, the Lord your God will keep his promise to you and be merciful to you, as he swore to your ancestors. ¹³He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land the Lord will give you, as he swore to your ancestors. ¹⁴You will be blessed more than any other people. Your men and women will be able to have children, and your animals will be able to have offspring. ¹⁵The Lord will keep you from having any kind of illness. He will not strike you with any of the terrible diseases you experienced in Egypt. Instead, he will strike all those who hate you. ¹⁶You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Have no pity on them, and never worship their gods, because they will be a trap for you.

¹⁷You may say to yourselves, “These nations outnumber us. How can we force them out?” ¹⁸Don’t be afraid of them. Remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all of Egypt. ¹⁹You saw with your own eyes the terrible plagues, the miraculous signs, and the amazing things the Lord did. He used his mighty hand and powerful arm to bring you out. He will do the same thing to all the people you’re afraid of. ²⁰The Lord your God will spread panic among them until they all die. There will be no one left—not even those who were hiding from you. ²¹Don’t be afraid of them, because the Lord your God is with you. He is a great and awe-inspiring God. ²²Little by little he will force these nations out of your way. You won’t be able to wipe them out quickly. Otherwise, you would be overrun with wild animals. ²³The Lord your God will hand these people over to you and will throw them into a great panic until they’re destroyed. ²⁴He will hand their kings over to you, and no one on earth will even remember their names. No one will be able to stop you. You will destroy them all. ²⁵Burn their idols. Don’t ever long for the silver and gold on these idols or take any of it for yourselves. It might be a trap for you. Besides, these idols are disgusting to the Lord your God. ²⁶Never bring a disgusting idol into your house. If you do, you and the idol will be destroyed. Consider it detestable and disgusting. It must be destroyed.”

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