Deuteronomy 7
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Deuteronomy 7:13-24

13He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

14You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.

15The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.

16You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

17You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?”

18But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.

19You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

20Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.

21Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

22The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

23But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

24He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them.

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