Chapter 23
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See, I am sending an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
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Pay attention to him and listen to his voice. Do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since my Name is in him.
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for if you truly obey his voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an oppressor of your oppressors.
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For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
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You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; for you shall surely destroy them, and you shall surely break their pillars.
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You shall serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.
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There shall not be miscarriage or barrenness in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
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I will send my terror before you, and I will throw into panic all the people you come against. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
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I will send the hornet ahead of you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
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I will not drive them out from before you in one year, or the land will become desolate and the wild animals of the field will multiply against you.
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Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.
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I will set your boundary from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, from the wilderness to the River. For I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and I will drive them out from before you.
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You shall not cut a covenant with them or with their gods.
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They shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me. For you will serve their gods, for it will be a snare to you.