Joshua 23:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ Don’t become friends with the people living among us who are not Israelites. Don’t say the names of their gods or make anyone swear by them. Don’t serve or worship them. ⁸ You must continue to follow the Lord your God, as you have done in the past.

⁹ “The Lord has forced many great and powerful nations to leave ahead of you. No nation has been able to defeat you.