17 You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?(A) 18 But do not be afraid(B) of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.(C) 19 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand(D) and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.(E) 20 Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet(F) among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. 21 Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you,(G) is a great and awesome God.(H) 22 The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little.(I) You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. 23 But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.(J) 24 He will give their kings(K) into your hand,(L) and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you;(M) you will destroy them.(N) 25 The images of their gods you are to burn(O) in the fire. Do not covet(P) the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared(Q) by it, for it is detestable(R) to the Lord your God. 26 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction.(S) Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.

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17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

22 And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

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