7 so as not to go among these remaining nations with you; do not profess the name of their gods, and do not swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.
8 But hold fast to Yahweh your God, just as you have done up to this day.
9 Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, nobody has withstood you to this day.
10 One of your men put to flight a thousand, for Yahweh your God is fighting for you, just as he promised you.
11 Take utmost care for the sake of your life to love Yahweh your God,
12 for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations among you, and you intermarry with them, marrying their women and they yours,
13 know for certain that Yahweh your God will not continue to drive out these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.