²⁴“Do not do what they do. Do not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must destroy the statues of their gods. You must break their sacred stones to pieces.

²⁵“I am the Lord your God. Worship me. Then I will bless your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you. ²⁶In your land no woman will give birth to a dead baby. Every woman will be able to have children. I will give you a long life.

²⁷“I will send my terror ahead of you. I will throw every nation you meet into a panic. I will make all of your enemies turn their backs and run away. ²⁸I will send hornets ahead of you. They will drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

²⁹“But I will not drive them out in just one year. If I did, the land would be deserted. There would be too many wild animals for you. ³⁰I will drive them out ahead of you little by little. I will do it until your numbers have increased enough for you to take control of the land.

³¹“I will make your borders secure from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. They will go from the desert to the Euphrates River.

“I will hand over to you the people who live in the land. You will drive them out to make room for you. ³²Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. ³³Do not let them live in your land. If you do, they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, that will certainly be a trap for you.”

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