so that you will not [a]associate with these nations, these which remain among you, or (A)mention the name of their gods, or (B)make anyone swear by them, or (C)serve them, or bow down to them. But you are to cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day. (D)For the Lord has [b]driven out great and strong nations from before you; and as for you, (E)no man has stood before you to this day.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 23:7 Lit go among
  2. Joshua 23:9 Or dispossessed