Joshua 23:5-12

⁵And the Lord your God will indeed expel them from before you, and drive them out from before you; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath spoken unto you.

⁶But be ye very steadfast to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so as not to turn aside therefrom to the right or to the left;

⁷So as not to come among these nations, those that are left remaining near you; and of the name of their gods shall ye not make mention, nor cause any to swear thereby, neither shall ye serve them, nor bow yourselves down unto them;

⁸But unto the Lord your God shall ye cleave, as ye have done unto this day.

⁹And the Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; but as for you, no man hath been able to stand up before you unto this day.

¹⁰One man of you can chase a thousand; for the Lord your God it is that fighteth for you, as he hath spoken unto you.

¹¹Take good heed therefore for your souls' sake, to love the Lord your God.

¹²For if ye do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, those that are left remaining near you, and make marriages with them, and come in among them, and they among you: