Exodus 23:20-33

20Look! I will send an angel to lead you on your journey. He will keep you safe. He will take you to the place that I have prepared for you.

21Be careful to obey him. Listen to what he says to you. Do not turn against him. If you do that, he will not forgive you. I have given him my authority.

22So be careful to obey him. Do everything that I tell you. Then I will be the enemy of your enemies. I will fight against anyone who fights against you.

23My angel will go in front of you. He will bring you into the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites. I will destroy them completely.

24Do not worship their gods. Do not serve them. Do not copy the evil things that these people do. Destroy their idols and break their special stones into pieces.

25You must serve only me, the Lord your God. Then I will bless your food and your water. I will remove illness from among you.

26Your women will safely give birth to babies. They will all be able to have children. Everyone will live a long life.

27I will cause all the nations that you meet to be afraid. All the people who attack you will become confused. I will cause all your enemies to turn round and run away from you.

28I will send great fear on the people as you move into the land. That will chase out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites.

29But I will not chase out those people in one year. If I did that, the country would become empty of people. Then there would be many wild animals that would cause trouble to you.

30I will remove the people slowly, one group at a time. As you become strong, you will take the land as your own home.

31I will decide where the borders of your land will be. You will have the land from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will put the people who live there under your power. As you move into the land, you will chase those people out.

32Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods.

33Do not let them live in your land. They would cause you to do bad things against me. If you serve their gods, you will become like their prisoners.’