Joshua 23:5-12

⁵And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and you° shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.

⁶Do you° therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that you° turn not to the right hand or to the left;

⁷that you° go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall you° serve them, neither shall you° bow down to them.

⁸But you° shall cleave to the Lord our God, as you° have done until this day.

⁹And the Lord shall destroy them before you, even great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.

¹⁰One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.

¹¹And take you° great heed to love the Lord our God.

¹²For if you° shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,