¹⁶ Thou shalt bring to nought all nations which the LORD thy God delivereth thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them neither shalt thou serve their gods, for that shall be thy decay.

¹⁷ If thou shalt say in thine heart, 'These nations are more than I, how can I cast them out?' ¹⁸ Fear them not, but remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh and unto all Egypt, ¹⁹ and the great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs and wonders and mighty hand and stretched-out arm wherewith the LORD thy God brought thee out: even so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the nations of which thou art afraid. ²⁰ Thereto, the LORD thy God will send hornets among them until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. ²¹ See thou fear them not, for the LORD thy God is among you: a mighty God and a terrible. ²² The LORD thy God will put out these nations before thee a little and a little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. ²³ And the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee and stir up a mighty tempest among them, until they be brought to nought. ²⁴ And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their names from under heaven. There shall no man stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. ²⁵ The images of their gods thou shalt burn with fire, and see that thou covet not the silver or gold that is on them nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therewith. For it is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. ²⁶ Bring not therefore the Abomination to thine house, lest thou be a damned thing as it is: but utterly defy it and abhor it, for it is a thing that must be destroyed.