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20 "I am going to send an Angel before you to protect you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.
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20 "See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
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21 Be attentive to Him and listen to His voice. Do not defy Him, because He will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for My name is in Him.
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21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
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22 But if you will carefully obey Him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
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22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
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23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you to [the land of] the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
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23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
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24 You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.
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24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
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25 Worship the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. I will take away your illnesses.
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25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
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26 No woman will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give [you] the full number of your days.
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26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
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27 "I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror and throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.
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27 "I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
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28 I will send the hornet in front of you, and it will drive the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites away from you.
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28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
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29 I will not drive them out ahead of you in a single year; otherwise, the land would become desolate, and wild animals would multiply against you.
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29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
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30 I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous and take possession of the land.
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30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
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31 I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.
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31 "I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River. I will hand over to you the people who live in the land and you will drive them out before you.
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32 You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.
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32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
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33 They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against Me. If you worship their gods, it will be a snare for you."
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33 Do not let them live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you."
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