19 "Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
20 "I am sending an angel ahead of you. He will guard you along the way. He will bring you to the place I have prepared.
21 Pay attention to him. Listen to what he says. Do not refuse to obey him. He will not forgive you if you turn against him. My very Name is in him.
22 Listen carefully to what he says. Do everything I say. Then I will be an enemy to your enemies. I will fight against those who fight against you.
23 "My angel will go ahead of you. He will bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites. I will wipe them out.
24 "Do not do what they do. Do not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must destroy the statues of their gods. You must break their sacred stones to pieces.
25 "I am the Lord your God. Worship me. Then I will bless your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.