²² And to you I give one more ridge of land^[a](A) than to your brothers,^(B) the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword^(C) and my bow.”

²⁴ “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you^(A) became defiled.^{(B) 25} Even the land was defiled;^(C) so I punished it for its sin,^(D) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.^{(E) 26} But you must keep my decrees and my laws.^(F) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, ²⁷ for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. ²⁸ And if you defile the land,^(G) it will vomit you out^(H) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

²⁶ He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites^(A) the Lord drove out before Israel.)