Exodus 23:28-33

New International Version

²⁸ I will send the hornet^(A) ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites^(B) out of your way. ²⁹ But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals^(C) too numerous for you. ³⁰ Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession^(D) of the land.

³¹ “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea^[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,^[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.^(E) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out^(F) before you. ³² Do not make a covenant^(G) with them or with their gods. 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^(H) to you.”