Joshua 23:6-13

6Now you must be very strong to keep and to do everything written in the Book of Moses’ Teachings. Don’t turn away from them.

7Don’t get mixed up with the nations left in your territory. Don’t ever mention the names of their gods or swear an oath to them. Don’t ever serve their gods or bow down to them.

8But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been until now.

9The Lord has forced important and powerful nations out of your way. Not one person has ever been able to stand up to you.

10One of you used to chase a thousand. That was because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as he had promised you.

11Be very careful to love the Lord your God.

12“But if you turn away and go along with the other nations within your ⌞borders⌟, if you intermarry with them or associate with them,

13then you should know that the Lord your God will never again force these people out of your way. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you, a whip laid to your sides, and thorns in your eyes until none of you are left in this good land that the Lord your God has given you.