7Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:
8But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.
9For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.
10One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.
11So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.
12For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:
13Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
