Joshua 23:6–13

⁶“^aBe very strong, then, to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

⁷so that you will not go along with these nations, these which remain among you, and you will not ^amention the name of their gods, and you will not ^bmake anyone swear by them, and you will not ^cserve them, and you will not bow down to them.

⁸“But you are to cling to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.

⁹“^aFor Yahweh has dispossessed great and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, ^bno man has stood before you to this day.

¹⁰“^aOne of your men will pursue one thousand, for Yahweh your God is ^bHe who fights for you, just as He ¹promised you.

¹¹“So keep your souls very carefully to love Yahweh your God.

¹²“For if you ever turn back and ^acling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you, and ^bintermarry with them, so that you go along with them and they with you,

¹³know with certainty that Yahweh your God will not continue to dispossess these nations from before you; but they will be a ^asnare and a trap to you and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.