⁶Be very strong to observe carefully all that is written in the scroll of the law of Moses so as not to turn aside from it, to the right or left, ⁷so as not to go among these remaining nations with you; do not professⁱ the name of their gods, and do not swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.^j ⁸But hold fast to Yahweh your God, just as you have done up to this day. ⁹Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, nobody has withstood^k you to this day. ¹⁰One of your men put to flight a thousand, for Yahweh your God is fighting for you, just as he promised you. ¹¹Take utmost care for the sake of your life to love Yahweh your God, ¹²for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations among you,^l and you intermarry with them, marrying their women and they yours,^m ¹³know for certain that Yahweh your God will not continue to drive outⁿ these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.

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Joshua 23:8: but you shall cling to the LORD your God just as you have done to this day.

Footnotes

iLiterally “do not mention”
jLiterally “bow yourselves down to them”
kLiterally “a man has not stood in your presence”
lLiterally “with you”
mLiterally “you go into them and they into you”
nLiterally “will not drive out again”