" aWhen the LORD
your God
brings
you into the land
where
you are entering
to possess
it, and clears
away
many
nations
before
you, the Hittites
and the Girgashites
and the Amorites
and the Canaanites
and the Perizzites
and the Hivites
and the Jebusites
, bseven
nations
greater
and stronger
than
you,
and when the LORD your God
delivers
them before
you and you 1defeat
them, athen you shall 2utterly
destroy
them. bYou shall make
no
covenant
with them cand show
no
favor
to them.
"Furthermore, ayou shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give
your 1daughters
to 2their sons
, nor
shall you take
3their daughters
for your 4sons
.
"For 1they will turn your 2sons
away
from 3following
Me to serve
other
gods
; then the anger
of the LORD
will be kindled
against you and aHe will quickly
destroy
you.
"But thus you shall do
to them: ayou shall tear
down
their altars
, and smash
their sacred pillars
, and hew
down
their 1Asherim
, and burn
their graven
images
with fire
.
"For you are aa holy people
to the LORD
your God
; the LORD
your God
has chosen
you to be ba people
for His 1own possession
out of all
the peoples
who
are on the face
of the 2earth
.
" aThe LORD did not set
His love
on you nor
choose
you because
you were more
in number
than
any
of the peoples
, for you were the fewest
of all
peoples
,
but because the LORD
loved
you and kept
the aoath
which
He swore
to your forefathers
, bthe LORD
brought
you out by a mighty
hand
and redeemed
you from the house
of 1slavery
, from the hand
of Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
.
"Know therefore that the LORD
your God
, aHe is God
, bthe faithful
God
, cwho keeps
1His covenant
and 1His lovingkindness
to a thousandth
generation
with those who dlove
Him and keep
His commandments
;
but arepays those who hate
Him to 1their faces
, to destroy
2them; He will not delay
3with him who hates
Him, He will repay
him to his face
.
"Therefore, you shall keep the commandment
and the statutes
and the judgments
which
I am commanding
you today
, to do
them.
" aThen it shall come about, because
you listen
to these
judgments
and keep
and do
them, that the LORD
your God
will keep
with you 1His covenant
and 1His lovingkindness
which
He swore
to your forefathers
.
"He will alove you and bless
you and bmultiply
you; He will also bless
the fruit
of your womb
and the fruit
of your ground
, your grain
and your new
wine
and your oil
, the increase
of your herd
and the young
of your flock
, 1in the land
which
He swore
to your forefathers
to give
you.
"You shall be blessed above
all
peoples
; there will be no
male or female abarren
among you or among your cattle
.
" aThe LORD will remove
from you all
sickness
; and He will not put
on you any
of the harmful
diseases
of Egypt
which
you have known
, but He will lay
them on all
who hate
you.
"You shall consume all
the peoples
whom
the LORD
your God
will deliver
to you; ayour eye
shall not pity
them, nor
shall you serve
their gods
, for that would be ba snare
to you.
"If you should say
in your heart
, `These
nations
are greater
than
I; how
can
I adispossess
them?'
you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well
aremember
what
the LORD
your God
did
to Pharaoh
and to all
Egypt
:
athe great trials
which
your eyes
saw
and the signs
and the wonders
and the mighty
hand
and the outstretched
arm
by which
the LORD
your God
brought
you out. So
shall the LORD
your God
do
to all
the peoples
of whom
you are afraid
.
"Moreover, the LORD
your God
will send
athe hornet
against them, until
those who are left
and hide
themselves from you perish
.
"You shall not dread 1them, for athe LORD
your God
is in your midst
, ba great
and awesome
God
.
" aThe LORD your God
will clear
away
these
nations
before
you little
by little
; you will not be able
to put
an end
to them quickly
, for the 1wild
beasts
would grow
too
numerous
for you.
" aBut the LORD your God
will deliver
them before
you, and will 1throw
them into great
confusion
until
they are destroyed
.
" aHe will deliver their kings
into your hand
so that you will make their name
perish
from under
heaven
; bno
man
will be able to stand
before
you until
you have destroyed
them.
"The graven images
of their gods
you are to aburn
with fire
; you shall bnot covet
the silver
or the gold
that is on them, nor
take
it for yourselves, or
you will be csnared
by it, for it is an dabomination
to the LORD
your God
.
"You shall not bring an abomination
into your house
, and like
it come
under
the aban
; you shall utterly
detest
it and you shall utterly
abhor
it, for it is something
banned
.