Exodus 23:20-33 - Reasons For Loyal Obedience
20 I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. 21 Be on your guard before him and obey his voice. Do not be rebellious toward him. He will not pardon your transgression, since my name is in him. (He has my honor, authority and character) 22 If you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 My messenger will go ahead of you. I will lead you to the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites. I will wipe them out. 24 Do not worship or serve their gods or follow their practices. You must destroy their gods and crush their sacred stones. 25 You must serve Jehovah your God! I will bless your food and water. I will take away all sickness from among you. 26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I will let you live a normal life span.
27 I will send my terror ahead of you and throw any nation you meet into a panic. I will make all your enemies flee from you. 28 I will throw your enemies into panic! I will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites as you advance. 29 I will not drive them out within a year's time. If I did, the land would become deserted. There would be too many wild animals for you. 30 I will drive them a few at a time, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land. 31 I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land. You will drive them out as you advance. 32 Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods. 33 Do not allow them to live in your land for they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods it will be a snare to you.