When the LORD thy God
shall bring
thee into the land
whither thou goest
to possess
it, and hath cast out
many
nations
before
thee, the Hittites
, and the Girgashites
, and the Amorites
, and the Canaanites
, and the Perizzites
, and the Hivites
, and the Jebusites
, seven
nations
greater
and mightier
than thou;
And when the LORD thy God
shall deliver
them before
thee; thou shalt smite
them, and utterly
destroy
them; thou shalt make
no covenant
with them, nor shew mercy
unto them:
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter
thou shalt not give
unto his son
, nor his daughter
shalt thou take
unto thy son
.
For they will turn away thy son
from following
me, that they may serve
other
gods
: so will the anger
of the LORD
be kindled
against you, and destroy
thee suddenly
.
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy
their altars
, and break down
their images
, and cut down
their groves
, and burn
their graven images
with fire
.
For thou art an holy people
unto the LORD
thy God
: the LORD
thy God
hath chosen
thee to be a special
people
unto himself, above all people
that are upon the face
of the earth
.
The LORD did not set his love
upon you, nor choose
you, because ye were more
in number than any people
; for ye were the fewest
of all people
:
But because the LORD loved
you, and because he would keep
the oath
which he had sworn
unto your fathers
, hath the LORD
brought you out
with a mighty
hand
, and redeemed
you out of the house
of bondmen
, from the hand
of Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
.
Know therefore that the LORD
thy God
, he is God
, the faithful
God
, which keepeth
covenant
and mercy
with them that love
him and keep
his commandments
to a thousand
generations
;
And repayeth them that hate
him to their face
, to destroy
them: he will not be slack
to him that hateth
him, he will repay
him to his face
.
Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments
, and the statutes
, and the judgments
, which I command
thee this day
, to do
them.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken
to these judgments
, and keep
, and do
them, that the LORD
thy God
shall keep
unto thee the covenant
and the mercy
which he sware
unto thy fathers
:
And he will love thee, and bless
thee, and multiply
thee: he will also bless
the fruit
of thy womb
, and the fruit
of thy land
, thy corn
, and thy wine
, and thine oil
, the increase
of thy kine
, and the flocks
of thy sheep
, in the land
which he sware
unto thy fathers
to give
thee.
Thou shalt be blessed above all people
: there shall not be male
or female barren
among you, or among your cattle
.
And the LORD will take away
from thee all sickness
, and will put
none of the evil
diseases
of Egypt
, which thou knowest
, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate
thee.
And thou shalt consume all the people
which the LORD
thy God
shall deliver
thee; thine eye
shall have no pity
upon them: neither shalt thou serve
their gods
; for that will be a snare
unto thee.
If thou shalt say in thine heart
, These nations
are more
than I; how
can
I dispossess
them?
Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well
remember
what the LORD
thy God
did
unto Pharaoh
, and unto all Egypt
;
The great temptations
which thine eyes
saw
, and the signs
, and the wonders
, and the mighty
hand
, and the stretched out
arm
, whereby the LORD
thy God
brought thee out
: so shall the LORD
thy God
do
unto all the people
of whom thou art afraid
.
Moreover the LORD thy God
will send
the hornet
among them, until they that are left
, and hide
themselves from
thee, be destroyed
.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at
them: for the LORD
thy God
is among
you, a mighty
God
and terrible
.
And the LORD thy God
will put out
those
nations
before
thee by little
and little
: thou mayest
not consume
them at once
, lest the beasts
of the field
increase
upon thee.
But the LORD thy God
shall deliver
them unto thee
, and shall destroy
them with a mighty
destruction
, until they be destroyed
.
And he shall deliver their kings
into thine hand
, and thou shalt destroy
their name
from under heaven
: there shall no man
be able to stand
before
thee, until thou have destroyed
them.
The graven images of their gods
shall ye burn
with fire
: thou shalt not desire
the silver
or gold
that is on them, nor take
it unto thee, lest thou be snared
therein: for it is an abomination
to the LORD
thy God
.
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination
into thine house
, lest thou be a cursed thing
like it: but thou shalt utterly
detest
it, and thou shalt utterly
abhor
it; for it is a cursed thing
.