Joshua 23:5-12

⁵The Lord your God will make them retreat from you. He will drive them out before you and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.

⁶Be sure to observe everything that is written in the book of the Law of Moses. Don't stray from it, either to the left or to the right.

⁷Don't associate with the nations that are left. Don't mention the names of their gods, and don't swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them.

⁸Stay close to the Lord your God, as you have done up to now.

⁹The Lord has driven out strong, powerful nations before you. No one has been able to stand up to you to this day.

¹⁰Just one of you can chase away a thousand enemies, for the Lord your God is fighting for you, as he promised you.

¹¹Take great care to love the Lord your God.

¹²For if you do turn from him, and adopt the ways of the nations that are left, if you intermarry with them, associating with one other,