(KJV) Deuteronomy 7¹

⥃Drive Out the Nations

[1] When the Lord² thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites³, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater⁴ and mightier than thou; [2] And when the Lord thy God shall deliver⁵ them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly⁶ destroy them; thou shalt make no⁷ covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: [3] Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.⁸ [4] For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will⁹ the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. [5] But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy¹⁰ their altars, and break down their images¹¹, and cut¹² down their groves, and burn¹³ their graven images with fire. [6] For thou [art] an holy¹⁴ people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special¹⁵ people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth. [7] The Lord¹⁶ did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were¹⁷ more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people: [8] But because¹⁸ the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath¹⁹ which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought²⁰ you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. [9] Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he [is] God, the faithful²¹ God, which keepeth²² covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand²³ generations; [10] And repayeth²⁴ them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack²⁵ to him that hateth²⁶ him, he will repay him to his face. [11] Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.²⁷

⥃The Promises of God ^{[ Exodus 23:20–33 ]}

[12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, if²⁸ ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord²⁹ thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: [13] And he will love³⁰ thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also³¹ bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. [14] Thou shalt be blessed³² above all people: there shall not be male or³³ female barren among you, or among your cattle. [15] And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none³⁴³⁵ of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all [them] that hate thee. [16] And thou shalt consume³⁶ all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye³⁷ shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will³⁸ be] a snare unto thee. [17] If thou shalt³⁹ say in thine heart, These nations⁴⁰ [are] more than I; how can I dispossess them? [18] Thou shalt not⁴¹ be afraid of them: [but] shalt well remember⁴² what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; [19] The great⁴³ temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall⁴⁴ the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. [20] Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet⁴⁵ among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. [21] Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord⁴⁶ thy God [is] among you, a mighty God⁴⁷ and terrible. [22] And the Lord thy God will put out⁴⁸ those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest⁴⁹ not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. [23] But the Lord⁵⁰ thy God shall deliver them unto thee⁵¹, and shall destroy⁵² them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. [24] And he shall⁵³ deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name⁵⁴ from under heaven: there shall⁵⁵ no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. [25] The graven⁵⁶ images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt⁵⁷ not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared⁵⁸ therein: for it [is] an abomination⁵⁹ to the Lord thy God. [26] Neither shalt⁶⁰ thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt⁶¹ utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.