Joshua 23:5-12

⁵Yahweh your God will drive them out. He will push them out from you. He will seize their land, and you will take possession of their land, just as Yahweh your God promised to you.

⁶So be very strong, so that you keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left,

⁷so you may not mix with these nations that remain among you or mention the names of their gods, swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them.

⁸Instead, you must cling to Yahweh your God just as you have done to this day.

⁹For Yahweh has driven out before you large, strong nations. As for you, no one has been able to stand before you to this present day.

¹⁰Any single man of your number will make a thousand run away, for Yahweh your God, is the one who fights for you, just as he promised you.

¹¹Pay particular attention, so that you love Yahweh your God.

¹²But if you turn back and cling to the survivors of these nations who remain among you, or if you intermarry with them, or if you come together with them and they with you,